Word: goldberg
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Willard Wirtz was named to replace Arthur Goldberg as Labor Secretary two years ago, A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany was happy-but not for long. As the months passed, Wirtz irked Meany more and more-largely because the Secretary was not a flat-out champion of labor. When Wirtz failed to come out in a full-throated protest against compulsory arbitration in transportation industries during his testimony at congressional hearings, Meany scornfully described him to a friend: "This guy is not a standup guy. He bends...
That kind of pressure from the labor movement, which had delivered several million loyal votes for Lyndon Johnson, had a salutary effect. Arthur Goldberg himself entered the controversy, set up a meeting of Wirtz, Meany and himself. There, Justice Goldberg judiciously suggested that Wirtz rescind his demand that Henning leave. That may change in the future, but for the moment George Meany had chalked up a singular and unusual victory-an outside veto over who goes and who stays in a Government department...
When Councillor Bernard Goldberg explained that the Harvard buildings would have to be declared "blighted" before they could be condemned. Vellucci quickly pointed out that there would be no problem. "They're all three hundred years old," he calmly retorted...
...lawyer-narrator who seemed dimly aware that his part didn't belong in the play, the leads were uniformly splendid. Maeve Kinkead (Catherine) played a flighty coquette in the early scenes, perhaps, and Anne Bernstein (Bea) was a bit too much the sit-down, have-some-soup Molly Goldberg--but both more than redeemed themselves in the second act, which built enormously on all levels...
...full pay at 65. But the perquisites stop there. Except for Warren's Government Cadillac, no Justice gets a free car, house, servants or entertainment allowance; only Warren gets security protection. For novices used to worldlier ways, the monastic life is often a harsh surprise. Justice Arthur Goldberg, formerly the fire-chief U.S. Labor Secretary, is still restless. "The Secretary's phone never stops ringing," muses Goldberg. "The Justice's phone never rings-even his best friends won't call...