![]() ![]() In addition to fulfilling his duties as a reporter, he kept a journal of his views of the Senate and individual senators. A position as the Senate correspondent for United Press International provided him with employment and insider knowledge of the Senate. His greatest success was "Advise In late 1943, Allen Stuart Drury, a 25-year old Army veteran, sought work. "A Senate Journal" found an audience in part because of the great success of "Advise and Consent," his novel in 1959 about the consideration in the Senate of a controversial nominee for secretary of state. Although written in the mid-1940s, his diary was not published until 1963. In addition to the Senate personalities, his journal captured the events of the 78th & 79th Congresses. ![]() ![]() In late 1943, Allen Stuart Drury, a 25-year old Army veteran, sought work. ![]()
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