Word: griffin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Skiing--Captain; to be appointed; Captain--Henry F. Bigelow Jr. '44; manager: Thomas McL. Griffin...
...Michael Griffin in his article, "What is the matter with the people?" (TIME, July 20) has hit the nail on the head. . . . Believe me, the people are getting pretty dam' tired of selfish interests, political skimeroodle, and red tape. We want action, not oratory; sacrifices, not parades; victories, not flag waving. And we want it not after the elections, not next week, not tomorrow...
...Griffin bluntly stated exactly what is in everyone's mind these days...
...Prosecutor William Power Maloney and the Federal grand jury, who began to investigate Editor Griffin last fall, found him a slippery quarry. When they tried to subpoena back numbers of the Enquirer, Griffin said that he kept none. Last week, when Prosecutor Maloney sent officers with a warrant for Mr. Griffin, they failed to find him, learned that he had checked out of a hospital the day before. Said Prosecutor Maloney, grimly: "He won't get away from us. Griffin, with his close friend and associate, George Sylvester Viereck, is regarded by the Government...
...press, which is quick to cry out against anything that looks like interference with press freedom, last week applauded the Government's crackdown on Editor Griffin, along with the publishers of 29 other "vermin" sheets (including Scribner's Commentator) named in the indictment...