Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...point, when Senator McCarthy asked him if Fixer John Maragon had ever given him campaign contributions from Racket King Frankie Costello, Vaughan did a double take, which would have been a credit to Comedian Oliver Hardy. "Am I supposed to. know Frankie Costello?" he asked. "I have heard of people named Costello . . . May I ask, who is 'Frank Costello...
...court of inquiry to find out just how many other Navymen had helped him to put his statement together. The Navy board would have company. Carl Vinson and Committee Counsel Joseph B. Keenan also promised that they would get to the bottom of Cedric Worth's undercover campaign against the Air Force and the Administration. Most committee members believed that Bureaucrat Worth could not have done it without a lot of help from Navy officers...
...Robinson charges $126,000 for a postcard campaign, $195,000 for one by letter, gathers signatures impartially for any side. Says he: "People think I'm doubling, but I'm not. Hell, 1 wouldn't work for both sides at the same time...
This week, the Communist high command threw its reserves into the campaign, called out the metalworkers...
Despite the setback, RCA would not admit defeat. This week it announced a $1,000,000 ad campaign to plug its 455. At the same time, RCA will cut the price of its record-player attachment from $24.95 to $12.95. But RCA is a little late. Three months ago Columbia brought out an LP player attachment...