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...instructor of the wartime 99th Fighter Squadron (all Negro) at Tuskegee, Ala., became executive assistant to the director of personnel and industrial relations of Trans World Airlines-one of the few Negroes in an executive capacity in a major U.S. airline. Though T.W.A. had no comment, insiders say that Airman Plinton will help lay the groundwork for T.W.A.'s first Negro pilots under an industry agreement last year (TIME, Oct. 15) to eliminate discrimination in hiring flight personnel...
...Concerning your Aug. 5 story on Airman Donald Wheeler: The armed forces are chicken; they daren't enforce orders. But should they try, get a pressagent to whip up a frenzied campaign to save you from discipline. Carry your case to the public through press, radio, and courier where necessary. You'll win if you whine and weep. My nomination for our next "National Hero": Airman Donald Wheeler...
...What we should be concerned about is the depths to which military discipline has fallen. The fact of the matter is-Wheeler refused to obey a lawful order given him by a superior. If every soldier, sailor, marine or airman suddenly decided to disobey an order, the U.S. would be in a hell of a fix. The people of this country have a choice: A disciplined, effective military establishment or a rabble consisting of graduated juvenile delinquents, with Elvis Presley haircuts...
...exactly a coward, but he has lost all willingness to risk his guts in the air. With a lucrative smuggling job as its pivot, the scenario spins lengthily around Taylor's prospects of carrying off the chore for a slimy international slob (Martin Gabel). The issue: Will Airman Taylor permit himself to be airborne long enough to lug a trunkful of British banknotes out of a frozen sterling area? It seems an easy way to pick...
Considerable Change. Four days later, the nonsense having gone far enough, higher authority intervened. The conviction was reversed because of "cumulative errors and procedural irregularities in the trial." Said Colonel Charles W. Johnstone, Wheeler's commanding officer: "Wheeler told me he is going to be a fine airman and I believe him. I am convinced he has undergone a considerable change of attitude." Said Don Wheeler, as he shoved off for Tokyo to celebrate the scalping he gave the Air Force: "You spend a few days in the stockade, and your attitude would change too. But I feel that...