The Pittsburgh Press (February 21, 1945)
Gracie Allen Reporting
By Gracie Allen
Well, tomorrow is George Washington’s birthday, and I can’t help wondering what the Father of our Country would think of it today.
For one thing, he probably wouldn’t enjoy asking the ration board for gas – that’s a terrible ordeal for a man who can’t tell a lie.
He was always first in the hearts of his countrymen, but if it were possible, they’d love him even more today. He was a tobacco grower, you know.
It’s funny, but no one seems to know for sure whether Washington even threw that dollar across the Potomac. One thing I do know, he couldn’t do it today. Not with Mr. Morgenthau hanging on to most of it.