Grinding the end of a cigar in his teeth, the Attorney General trudged into the White House one morning last week for a Cabinet meeting. The look on Howard McGrath's Irish face was as dark as his derby. Reporters had just one question: Was he resigning? "That question is almost as important as what's going to happen in the Democratic Convention next summer," said McGrath wryly.
In November, Harry Truman had fired one of McGrath's top assistants, Theron Lamar Caudle, the influence-peddlers' buddy, without asking the advice of the Attorney General. Around the White House, there was talk that a vigilant Attorney...
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