Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic

Posted by Masakim November 02, 2001In reply to Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic posted by Paul U. on November 02, 2001

Anyone know the origin of this phrase? As in, who said it first?

I'm not going to rearrange the furniture on the deck of the Titanic.
--Rogers Morton (1914-79), U.S. public relatins officer [quoted in _Washington Post_, May 16, 1976)