Word: krock
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Arthur Krock, chief of the New York Times Washington bureau, last week thought he had a scoop. Saving it for an edition of the Times too late for other papers to copy, he broke the news that Franklin Roosevelt was "seriously considering," if and when reelected, calling another world conference. Those to be invited: Britain's Edward VIII, Russia's Stalin, Italy's Mussolini, Germany's Hitler, France's Lebrun, tiptop representatives Japan and China, "a few others." Their object: to discuss Disarmament and Peace without any diplomatic folderol...
Best guess of most observers was that Arthur Krock had not turned yellow journalist, that the President had indeed considered the idea, probably about once, perhaps in an expansive mood at a dinner party whence some little bird may have gone to whisper it in credulous Mr. Krock...
Calmest 'reaction to the hullabaloo was that of New York Times Pundit Arthur Krock. Wrote he: "The most steadfast vigilance on the part of administrators has been unable to prevent successful cases of malingering, double-timing and false pretenses of need. . . . How can they be eliminated entirely? Do the Republicans know the answer? If so, they have not yet imparted...
Unimpressed were the President's Civil Service critics with his argument that the fault lay with Congress rather than with the White House, with his implication that he was powerless to get Congress to do his bidding. Wrote Pundit Arthur Krock of the New York Times...
Other men who will attend will be John Dickinson, Assistant Attorney General; Marriner Eccles, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, who will be at the "Banking" table; Arthur Krock, head of the New York Times Washington Office...