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Harold L. Ickes, irritated by new rumors of his impending resignation as Secretary of the Interior, spelled out the situation in his own sweet way: 1) he had offered his resignation when President Truman took office; 2) all told, he had submitted at least six resignations; 3) two different names that had been mentioned as his successor's were both right, because "it takes two men to do this job." Concluded terrible-tempered Harold Ickes: "Even Methuselah had a successor."
General George S. Patton Jr. fought a spirited rearguard action against criticisms of his unco-soldierly remarks. To Patton's public "Goddamits," Los Angeles' Rev. Don Householder had cried: "Never in our country's history has there been such a profanation. . . . We trust that the General ... will hereafter remember his moral obligation to the youth of America." After the General spoke of the next war before a Sunday School class in San Gabriel, Calif., Stars & Stripes howled: "Please, General . . . just sort of hold your tongue at least until after that San Francisco conference." The General finally grumbled to a Manhattan reporter: "You can't stop fires by abolishing the fire department [but] now look, lady, be a nice girl and let's not have any scare headlines. I'm always getting in trouble."
*Getting Goring into shape for trial, U.S. captors by last week had sharply cut his daily allowance of morphine (an addict since World War I, he was taking 20 times the normal dose when he surrendered eight weeks ago). Meanwhile, U.S. interrogators learned from one of Hitler's office helpers that the Führer took 5 cc.s of morphine daily, † Numerous body scars, a foot scar and an aluminum kneecap from World War I; a forehead scar from the time a bathroom skylight fell on him. He shaved off his beard last year without injury.