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...Crime Commission's report has been left as a last testament of its brief four-year life and $120,000 budget and will probably lie unread until another wave of indignation again demands a cleanup of organized crime. The Commission made few worthwhile recommendations, and the manner in which they were presented minimizes the chances of any resulting action. A State House skeptic summed up the general reaction to the report: "At least it tells you how to play...
Running down the probable batting order, Tom Bergantino will lead off at third base, and Bob Cleary or possibly George Harrington will hit and play second. Captain John Simourian will hit third and play first base, and shortstop Bob Hastings will bat in cleanup...
There is nothing of the soft sell in the Pru's old-fashioned salesmanship. Like Fuller Brushmen, each agent has 300 to 400 families to cover. The Pru man gently but bluntly reminds his customer of the need for a "cleanup" fund to handle funeral expenses, explains what social security and company pension plans will provide. He asks his prospect if he wants to leave his family a home or just a mortgage; He talks about education for the children. "Invariably," says one Pru executive, "the worried prospect lays down a program he can't possibly afford." Then...
...next President in April, although no exact date has been set. Holding down the office until then was Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis, the Supreme Court justice who constitutionally succeeded ousted President Paul Magloire (TIME, Dec. 24). Inoffensive President Pierre-Louis sat tight and did not attempt the sweeping government cleanup that Déjoie urged. Impatient, Déjoie last week called a general strike and forced Pierre-Louis...
...congressional criticism)-who was soon to be promoted to the U.S. Supreme Court. By the time Caudle appeared before Senate investigators to start blowing explosive soap bubbles around Washington, former Democratic National Chairman J. Howard McGrath happened to be Attorney General. On Truman's order, a wholesale Government cleanup was ordered. To undertake the job, Attorney General McGrath hired New York Lawyer Newbold Morris, an enthusiastic, if inept, reformer. Morris started off with a big bang-by investigating his immediate superior, J. Howard McGrath. This was more than flesh or spirit could bear: McGrath fired Morris-and Truman fired...