mcclure, may i bring this old stogie into your home?ow, she was, luckily, well used to her husband's pipe smoking and so agreed. and anyway, really, could chef turned down the world -- chef turned down the world's most famous cigar smoker? she remembered years later that churchill's hands were very soft, almost like a baby's. there was a huge amount of food, as you might imagine; rolls, salads, mashed potatoes, a good old missouri feast. or churchill was impressed most by the giant candied ham that had been curing for weeks, and he turned to ida belle and said the pig has reached the highest point of its evolution in this ham. [laughter] and so ida belle considered that a job well done. and here we see a picture taken just after lunch of governor phil donnelly of missouri, mr. churchill himself, president harry truman and bullet mcclure sharing a laugh about something or other, probably the ham comment. and, um, at around 2 p.m. the police and secret service began letting people in to the gym and many more lined up outside. of course, o