Mrs. Churchill makes fun of Henry Morgenthau, Jr., the U.S. Secretary of Treasury, with her best weapon: dry, British humor.

>As a respite from British food rationing, [Morgenthau](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Henry_Morgenthau%2C_Jr.1947.jpg) gave [Mrs. Churchill](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Clementine_Churchill_1915.jpg) newly laid eggs and hams from Fishkill Farms. She wrote her husband that Morgenthau was a “funny vague old thing” and that it was “difficult to imagine him managing a whelk stall – but perhaps the Treasury is easier, with no competition!” _____________________________ **Source:** Beschloss, Michael R. “We Will Have to get Awfully Busy.” *The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman, and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945*. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2007. 79. Print. _____________________________ **Further Reading:** [Henry Morgenthau, Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morgenthau_Jr.) [Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill, GBE (née Hozier)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine_Churchill)