There is no ritual Nunc Dimittis for a departing Vice President of the U. S. Those who imagined that farewelling John Nance Garner might write one misread his bad-prosy character. Last week, when he attended his last Cabinet meeting, he was surrounded by reporters who hoped against hope that he might say something that could be interpreted as a last word. Never more in character, Statesman Garner squinted out a White House window at the foggy drizzle and grated: "It's a rough day out, isn't it?"
Same day he got an offer to go into the movies: to act the role...
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