ABSTRACT
Most state universities, begging for students during the war years, were now overrun with returning veterans and not accepting out-of-state students. Many of the Mormon girls considered a New York Jew an exotic creature, but their religion forbade anything approaching intimacy. Of course, those who had left the church had a somewhat different perspective. The Mormons considered themselves one of the lost tribes of Israel and had great respect for Jews, whom they elected to everything from governor to sheriff. There were some of the greatest reporters of their time, including Meyer Berger, who danced on his desk and whistled in late afternoons; Harrison Salisbury, who wrote “The 900 Days,” about the siege of St. Petersburg; Homer Bigart, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes; and Murray Shumach, who had made his reputation covering the Korean War. There were always a couple of bridge or poker games in the afternoon, and many reporters kept small whisky bottles in their desks.
