Word: confirmation
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...guest was a pollster who had just completed a postcard survey, ordered by De Sapio, as to the presidential preferences of Democratic voters in New York state. De Sapio places great stock in his polls, used them to confirm his choices of Robert Wagner (over Vincent Impellitteri) for mayor of New York City in 1953, and of Harriman (over Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.) for governor in 1954. Says De Sapio: "You can't impose your will on the people any more. If they select the candidate in a poll, they'll elect him." De Sapio's surveys...
...regarding businessmen in Government has grown muddled. The original conflict-of-interests statute, enacted in 1917, has been enforced sometimes, disregarded at other times, depending on the political climate. In 1949 the Senate refused to confirm Carl Ilgenfritz to the $14,800-a-year post of Munitions Board chairman on the ground that Ilgenfritz refused to relinquish his regular $70,000-a-year salary as a vice president of U.S. Steel...
Anonymous Prussian. Mere mention of the name Gehlen is enough to make U.S. intelligence chiefs in Germany clam up and try to look blank. For years both Washington and Bonn refused to confirm that the organization existed. But since the Communists themselves took to blaming "Gehlen agents" for acts of sabotage throughout Eastern Europe, enough facts have leaked out to suggest that Büro Gehlen not only exists, but that it may be one of the best intelligence networks in the business...
...incomparable Peggy, in another of her very special arrangements. Kiss, an oldtime cutie-cute number, gets a Latin cha cha cha treatment and blossoms into sheer fantasy. "What is love but a helpin' of an angel cake," croons Peggy, and an insolent flute and a clanking rhythm section confirm the sentiment...
Beginning of the End. Then, for another $150,000. Schlesinger offered to sell half interest in an option he claimed his mother held on another Louisiana oilfield. McCulloch was more cautious this time. He told Schlesinger that he wanted Mrs. Williams' financial adviser, Paul Preger, to confirm an agreement whereby Mrs. Williams would indemnify McCulloch if the deal fell through. Schlesinger. who was vacationing in Mexico, flew to Dallas, spoke to McCulloch's confidential aide, Joseph Hegener, on the phone, pretending he was Preger, confirmed the deal and sent a wire signed "Preger...