During his tenure with the State Democratic Party during the ’50s, Jake finds himself on the shank end of a fund-raising slogan, as re-stated by the party’s disgruntled liberal faction.
Candid Chats on the Life and Career of the Sixteen-Term Texas Congressman
During his tenure with the State Democratic Party during the ’50s, Jake finds himself on the shank end of a fund-raising slogan, as re-stated by the party’s disgruntled liberal faction.
“Nickels for Pickle” was a windfall for me. Teasing letters from friends piled up on Daddy’s desk — a red card table set up in his bedroom — and when he slit the envelopes open, the nickels fell out. He didn’t know what to do with all those nickels, so he gave them to me. They kept me in comic books and ice cream bars for months.