Word: edwards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nevertheless, it was Adams' intent that most interested the subcommittee. Subcommittee Counsel Robert Lishman reminded Adams that he had, in 1953, telephoned Federal Trade Commission Chairman Edward Howrey to find out why one of Goldfine's woolen mills had been cited by FTC for mislabeling fabrics. Back from Chairman Howrey to Adams went a personal memorandum that identified the source of the complaint to FTC, and added: If Goldfine's company would "give adequate assurances that all their labeling will be corrected, the case can be closed . . ." Adams had passed this inside information along to Goldfine...
...Adams called Federal Trade Commission Chairman Edward F. Howrey to ask for the source of an FTC complaint against Goldfine for putting a "90% wool, 10% vicuña" label on cloth that actually contained some nylon. ¶ On April 14, 1955, when Goldfine was investigated again on the same charge, Adams got him an appointment to meet Chairman Howrey. Once there, Goldfine waved the Adams name like a magic sledge hammer. "Please get Sherman Adams on the line for me," he ordered, loud enough for nearby FTC staffers to hear. "Sherm, I'm over...
Bradley University Roy Edward Larsen, president, Time Inc Litt.D. in Journalism Charles Kettering, inventor Sc.D...
...Center for nationwide distribution to ETV stations. Most impressive KQED films: Sing Hi, Sing Lo, a history of the U.S. told through folklore and folk song; a series on Japanese brush painting taught by Artist Takahike Mikami: Fallout and Disarmament, an hour-long debate between Scientists Linus Pauling and Edward Teller. KQED's final deficit ($90,000) is made up by a membership drive selling subscriptions from $10 and up that entitle the subscriber to nothing but a sense of community service...
Died. The Rev. John Edward Duffy, 58, much-decorated World War II Roman Catholic chaplain under General Jonathan Wainwright in the Philippines, survivor of the Bataan Death March, although he was bayoneted and left to die; of cancer; in San Francisco...