RECOVERY: Robbie’s Relative

General Johnson’s ubiquitous assistant, Frances M. (“Robbie”) Robinson, had been in Manhattan last week stitching an NRA label on an $800 blue fox scarf to signalize the codification of the fur industry when the story broke that her brother-in-law had a $6,800 NRA job in Washington. Brother-in-law’s name was John Wilshear. He had been treasurer of a Brooklyn shoe company. When it shut down several months ago he went to Washington and into “training to take charge of the leather section of NRA.” Rent with internal politics, NRA headquarters began to buzz with rumors of nepotism.

In the absence of General Johnson, who was still vacationing in Delaware, Division Administrator George L. Berry took it upon himself to call the Press in and flay “Robbie’s” critics.

“Miss Robinson.” cried the father of the pressmen’s union, “had no more to do with the employment of Jack Wilshear than my office boy! I think she is 1,000,000% in every detail. There are enough two-fisted men around here without picking on a little woman.”

Just then a secretary entered to announce: “The boss wants to see you.”

Up jumped Administrator Berry to ask: “Is she back?”