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"In 1946 Owen Brewster, chairman of the Senate War Investigating Committee, announced that he was very concerned that the government had given Hughes $40m for the development and production of two aircraft that had never been delivered. Brewster also pointed out the President Franklin D. Roosevelt had overruled his military experts in order to hand out the contracts to Hughes for the F-11 and HK-1 (also known as the Spruce Goose). Brewster also pointed out that Hughes had provided "softening-up parties" for government officials. Howard paid movie starlets $200 to attend these parties. Their duties included swimming nude in Hughes's swimming pool. Julius Krug, the chief of the War Production Board, was someone who often attended these parties. One congressman who was also a frequent guest at Hughes's home claimed: "If those girls were paid two hundred dollars, they were greatly underpaid"." ........................................................... ...Modern styles emphasize curves and cleavage. Stoppard points to Jane Russell and, believe it or not, industrialist Howard Hughes, as early contributors to this style. Early cleavage enhancers included an inflatable bra that was blown up with a straw and plugged with a stopper. Hughes designed a better garment to show off Russell's cleavage in 1943's "The Outlaw." Hughes built aircraft and interested some of his best engineers in designing the first cantilevered bra for Russell. The bra, which lifts and separates the breasts, helped Russell to become a legend. Modern brassieres often mimic Russell's style by creating curvy silhouettes and feminine shapes. Padded bras are in vogue now, outselling most other styles. |