I'lltellyou, I - abouta coupleofmonths - I mean, before I was offered the job of being Secretaryof State, I was still, obviously, serving inthe United StatesSenate.
The governor allegedly speculated about trading the Senate seat for thejobof energy secretary because, as "Deputy Governor A" helpfully informed him, that was the cabinet position "that makes the most money" -- by which he almost certainly did not mean that it carried the greatest salary.
Meanwhile, song use was tracked by banks of secretaries filing index cards. (Secretary was about as high ajob in the industry as a woman could hope for at the time.) Then in 1958, as record labels and studios began to line up along Music Row, BMI hired Preston to head a new office based in Nashville.