 How does Jerry get his message to the White House press secretary?
The DELEGATE FROM VENUS By HENRY SLESAR ILLUSTRATOR NOVICK 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." 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. "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. They split off a few blocks later, and Jerry walked until he came to the Red Tape Bar & Grill, a favorite hangout of the local journalists. It wasn't the newsmen's jibes that bothered him; it was the certainty that something of major importance was happening in the capitol. There had been hourly conferences at the White House, flying visits by State Department officials, mysterious conferences involving members of the Science Commission. They knew that Senator Spocker, chairman of the Congressional Science Committee, had been involved in every meeting, but Senator Spocker was unavailable. "But if you print one word of it, Jerry Bridges, I'll never speak to you again!" In a secluded booth at the rear of a restaurant unfrequented by newsmen, Greta leaned forward and said: "At first, they thought it was another sputnik."
 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.