Coffee with Congress

Would a Congressman talk at breakfast —at an 8 a.m. breakfast? Harry Truman laughed at the question. "Will he talk? Just give him a microphone and stand aside. "Washington Radioman Bill Herson did. Result: The capital's liveliest, most popular breakfast program, Coffee with Congress, which last week began its second year over Station WRC.

Every Saturday morning, Herson plants a WRC microphone on some Congressman's breakfast table, gives & takes an ad-lib chatter over ham & eggs. The only rule: no politics. Beyond that, Senators and Representatives and their families discuss every subject that should be aired and...

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