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...West and the remark that "Columbia's Professor Raymond Moley, head of the 'brain trust' which supplies the Governor with economic data," was on the campaign train. I studied political science under Professor Moley at Columbia some eight years ago and thought him shrewd, honest, fearless. His work as head of the Cleveland crime commission (about 1923) brought him wide fame and the attention of a number of Cleveland thugs who waylaid him one night, fortunately without too serious results, because of his unwelcome interest in some of the more putrid corners of that great city...
Biographer Clark considers Adams "the Great Independent of American politics. Excessively opinionated, dogmatic, egocentric, cold, yet at the same time honest, conscientious, patriotic and fearless, both his faults and his virtues made it difficult, almost impossible, for him to work in conjunction with others to the extent necessary to make part of a party organization. ... As we ... note his petty meannesses, his malice toward all of his associates, his claims to ill-treatment at the hands of all his contemporaries, his unctuous self-righteousness, his constant imputation of the worst of motives and conduct, we are moved to something like...
Many of the Mayor's friends were dismayed at his strategy. They felt that to seek political asylum in the courts was not meeting the issues "on the facts." As for Governor Roosevelt, most spectators had only praise for the direct and fearless way he had handled the Walker examination. He behaved as if he had no thought of its political consequences. He had damned the Mayor out of his own mouth. A Walker removal now would thunder across the land until election day as proof positive that Governor Roosevelt is no "Tammany...
...Especial enthusiasm is aroused by your decision to be independent. The fearless presentation of news by the late, lamented "March of Time" is the very feature which made it valuable-otherwise, it would merely have been entertaining...
TIME'S publishers entertained many an offer from business organizations for resumption of the broadcasts under joint sponsorship. All such negotiations failed because "The March of Time," to be effective, must be independent. A fearless presentation of news might well tread upon the toes of the cosponsor, cause him to feel that the advertising value (to him) of the program was impaired...