National Affairs: Leadership

When her father was elected Majority Leader of the House of Representatives last week, Tallulah Bankhead was the most twittery actress in all New York. She plucked up a telephone, called Washington, chirped: "Congratulations, Daddy, congratulations!" And when Majority Leader William Brockman Bankhead was carried to the Naval Hospital with a cold and indigestion day before the 74th Congress opened, Daughter Tallulah flew to the Capital, ran to his bedside. Said she as she left his room: "Daddy will be all right. I talked a blue streak and it may not have helped him any. . . . Daddy...

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