Word: discussing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ridgway's words were aimed not at the 100 reporters before him but at the representatives of six Continental nations gathering next day to discuss a common draft period for the European Army. The conference had been called by Belgium's conservative government, which is finding its two-year draft period-the longest in Western Europe-a worrisome political issue.* There had been antidraft riots in Brussels, sparked by Belgian Socialists, and a distressing though brief mutiny among Belgian conscripts. Prime Minister Jean van Houtte, anxious to convince Belgian voters that they were not being asked...
When Grand Union heard about the story, it ordered Wechsler banned from future programs, refused to discuss the matter with him. But last week other members of the panel had plenty to say. One of them was Alicia Patterson, publisher of Long Island's Newsday (circ. 138,957), daughter of the late great New York Daily Newsman, Joe Patterson, and kin of the Chicago Tribune. She refused to appear on the program unless she was allowed to condemn Grand Union's action over TV. There she said: "A dreadful mistake ... I rarely agree with the opinions...
...sure the sponsor does not have some rights." To most newsmen, however, it was clear-cut: a clear-cut example of how not to fight Communism. Wrote New York Times Radio & TV Editor Jack Gould: "Particularly disturbing is the company's refusal to discuss Mr. Wechsler's dismissal . . . Instead of curbing Communism, [the ban] is helping it. For under the vicious credo of 'controversially,' one of the most articulate voices speaking out against Communism has been silenced on a TV program...
...come to discuss the antics of the Red Dean of Canterbury, who returned from Communist China with tall Canterbury Tales, including one about Chinese schoolchildren with chopsticks picking up American-sown germs. All Britain was roused by the latest irresponsible utterances of the pro-Communist Hewlett Johnson, 78-year-old Dean of Canterbury Cathedral. The Archbishop's measured words combined a defense of the Dean's tenure with a scathing denunciation of his behavior. "I am particularly affected by the Dean's activity," the Archbishop reminded his peers, "for the reason that many people believe that...
...three researchers in Omaha have perfected a preamplifier which turns the patient's weak, direct-current impulses into strong FM signals which can be transmitted over an ordinary telephone and charted at the other end of the line by a heart specialist. The G.P. and the specialist can discuss the patient's heart waves over the same line...