The President
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. viii, [2], 470 pages. Chief Characters. DJ has wear, edge tears, chips and soiling. Stamp on fep says 'Damaged' but no obvious flaws observed. Andrew Russell Pearson (December 13, 1897 – September 1, 1969) was one of the best-known American columnists of his day, noted for his syndicated newspaper column "Washington Merry-Go-Round". He had a program on NBC Radio titled Drew Pearson Comments. The "Merry-Go-Round" column started as a result of the anonymous publication in 1931 of the book, Washington Merry-Go-Round, co-written with Robert Allen, the Washington bureau chief for The Christian Science Monitor. The book was a collection of muckraking items concerning figures in public life that challenged the journalistic code of the day. In 1932 it was followed by a second book, More Merry-Go-Round. Pearson and Allen were successful enough in their books to become co-authors of the syndicated column, the "Merry-Go-Round". Also in 1932, the original book was made into a film of the same name. According to his one-time partner, Jack Anderson, Pearson saw journalism as a weapon to be used against those he judged to be working against the public interest. When forced to choose between a story's accuracy and Pearson's desire to pursue a person whose views he disliked, Pearson had no qualms about publishing the story anyway. Following World War II, Pearson was largely responsible for the "Friendship Train" which raised over $40 million in aid for war-torn Europe. On December 18, 1947, the much-needed food, medicine, and supplies arrived in France. More