 How does Jerry get his message to the White House press secretary?
And all they got for their patience was the biggest surprise since David clobbered Goliath. " "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. There had been hourly conferences at the White House, flying visits by State Department officials, mysterious conferences involving members of the Science Commission. "But if you print one word of it, Jerry Bridges, I'll never speak to you again!" "They have been in contact with it now for about three days, and they're thinking of calling a plenary session of the UN just to figure out what to do about it. The only hitch is, Russia doesn't want to wait that long, and is asking for a hurry-up summit meeting to make a decision." "Their delegate. They say that with all the satellites being launched, that our affairs are their affairs, too. The Senator thinks that if we don't agree, they might do something drastic, like blow us all up. The press secretary's secretary, a massive woman with gray hair and impervious to charm, guarded the portals of his office with all the indomitable will of the U. S. Marines. She looked at him with exasperation, and then gathered up a stack of memorandums and letters, his own envelope atop it. Howells poked the envelope towards Jerry, and snapped: "This note of yours. It's our opinion that secrecy is essential, that leakage of the story might cause panic. Since you're the only unauthorized person who knows of it, we have two choices. "You'll be taken into our confidence, and allowed to accompany those officials who will be admitted to the landing site. But you will not be allowed to relay the story to the press until such a time as all correspondents are informed. That won't give you a 'scoop' if that's what you call it, but you'll be an eyewitness.
 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.