 How does Jerry get his message to the White House press secretary?
The DELEGATE FROM VENUS By HENRY SLESAR ILLUSTRATOR NOVICK Everybody was waiting to see what the delegate from Venus looked like. And all they got for their patience was the biggest surprise since David clobbered Goliath. " Let me put it this way," Conners said paternally. "We expect a certain amount of decorum from our Washington news correspondents, and that's all I'm asking for." Jerry Bridges, sitting in the chair opposite his employer's desk, chewed on his knuckles and said nothing. One part of his mind wanted him to play it cagey, to behave the way the newspaper wanted him to behave, to protect the cozy Washington assignment he had waited four years to get. But another part of him, a rebel part, wanted him to stay on the trail of the story he felt sure was about to break. "I didn't mean to make trouble, Mr. Conners," he said casually. "It just seemed strange, all these exchanges of couriers in the past two days. "But getting a senator's secretary drunk to obtain information—well, that's not only indiscreet, Bridges. "I didn't take that kind of advantage, Mr. Conners. Not that she wasn't a toothsome little dish ..." "Just thank your lucky stars that it didn't go any further. And from now on—" He waggled a finger at him. Jerry got up and ambled to the door. "Don't kid me, Mr. Conners. The reporter closed the door behind him, and then strolled out of the building into the sunlight. He met Ruskin, the fat little AP correspondent, in front of the Pan-American Building on Constitution Avenue. Ruskin was holding the newspaper that contained the gossip-column item which had started the whole affair, and he seemed more interested in the romantic rather than political implications. As he walked beside him, he said: "So what really happened, pal? "Ruskin," Jerry said, "you have a low mind.
 He bribes the press secretary's secretary with diamond earrings and a bracelet.
 He bribes the press secretary's secretary with flashy diamond earrings.  He bribes the press secretary's secretary with diamond earrings and a bracelet.  He flatters the press secretary's secretary by comparing her to Lana Turner and Hedy Lamar.  He flatters the press secretary's secretary by calling her the names of beautiful movie stars.