Word: businessman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Some samples of recent "paid editorials" in the Manhattan press: "Please . . . let me make my Zippers," by "Bewildered Small Businessman" David Silberman (TIME, Feb. 4); "Let's stop the atomic war NOW," by Americans United for World Government; "Let's stop feeding inflation," by the N.A.M.; "An appeal to the peoples of the world," by the Rollins College Conference on World Government; the Zionists' "Palestine ... or they perish," the Arabs' retort, "Arabs want peace"; a blurb for Birobidjan, Russia's-"Pearl of the Far East" for Jews; "An open letter to Congress," by Sponsors...
...Confidence." Essentially the VA is an enormous business and sociological enterprise-and Omar Bradley is neither sociologist nor businessman. But he has other qualifications-a professional soldier's careful mind, a straightforward approach to his tasks, a reassuringly homely character. His is a steady hand...
Inside the hotel, a businessman audience applauded Martin's whack at Commerce Secretary Henry Wallace's philosophies. Said the tall, 64-year-old Governor: "When a politician promises he can make a law that will create 60,000,000 jobs, he is guilty of a cruel and heartless falsehood. . . . You cannot pass a law that will bring about production. . . . Only enterprise can create employment. . . . Free enterprise is the property of no political party...
...quarter-page ads in Manhattan newspapers, the New York Stock Exchange last week pictured a sad-faced businessman wearing a dunce cap. He told a sad story: "I tried to get rich quick. In my own business I base my judgment only on facts. . . . Tips, rumors and hunches are out. I don't know why I thought the stockmarket would be different...
...week's end, stocks rallied weakly. This week they started down again. Many a businessman was wearing a dunce...