Word: bliven
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week Editor Bruce Bliven of The New Republic openly wrote to William Randolph Hearst: "My immediate purpose ... is to suggest that you retire from active journalism. You are an elderly man. . . . Why not turn over the reins to someone else and enjoy the sunset years? . . . Things are going rather badly for your daily newspapers. . . . Even in cities where your papers have shown slight [circulation] gains, their competitors have run away from them by many thousands. . . In advertising revenue, also, your papers have not been doing so well. ... A special problem for you has been created by your present attitude...
...shown a spirit of compromise consistent with the principles of rigid parliamentary procedure. To quote two phrases from the editorial, the Harvard Student Union is showing itself to be an organization in which the "the real political beliefs of Harvard students" can "find adequate means of expression." Bruce O. Bliven, Jr. '37 Robert J. Cumming '38 Lawrence S. Levy '39 Robert S. Chafee '36 G.B. Mayberry 1G D. Boone Schirmer '37 Robert S. Brainerd...
Dedicated to the three causes of "international peace", "social security", and preservation of the Federal Bill of Rights, the Harvard Student Union at its organization here last night unanimously elected Bruce O. Bliven, Jr. '37, of New York, as its first president...
After introductory remarks by spokesmen of the four organizations and a representative of the Teachers' Union, the assembly under the chairmanship of Bliven proceeded to a reading and ratification of the constitution. Then officers and executive council were named...
...Bliven, who will take the negative side of the question, has made a thorough study of the subject, particularly in view of the urgent situation now facing the Congress of the United States. He has written a series of articles entitled "They Cry Peace, Peace", and has just returned from a tour of the country in an effort to determine the sentiment of the people in various sections...