Word: krock
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...turn back the economic tide? Those who remembered Hoover's ineffectual insistence that prosperity was just around the corner might still wonder. Whatever the causes of the depression, to them Hoover remained its perfect symbol. But the concession was enough to send New York Times Pundit Arthur Krock into fits of dignified glee. Crowed Krock: "A sweeping verdict of 'not guilty,' by this particular juror . . . must have astonished Herbert Hoover more than anything in years...
...happy and I've made a little dough." Then, with a grin, he added: "Four years ago in Chicago, George Allen [Harry Truman's ex-White House jester] bet me $100 I'd be nominated. Six months ago [the New York Times's Arthur Krock bet me $10 I'd be nominated and accept the nomination. Don't let me forget to collect on those guys...
...trouble is logrolling, said Newsman Binder. In 1947, seven of the nine journalism prizes went to newspapers or wire services represented on the board. The New York Times has won 20 Pulitzers since 1918 - eight of them in the seven years since the Times's twice-Pulitzered Arthur Krock joined the board. The Associated Press has won eleven Pulitzers, the United Press none...
...critics had their critics. Times Columnist Arthur Krock pointed out that many now loudest in their protests had kept mighty quiet when earlier committees were giving the third degree to the Morgans, Wall Street and the utilities lobby. Daily News Columnist John O'Donnell, sneering at Hollywood's yells of injured innocence, recalled that the brokers and bankers had taken their mauling in stoic silence. Both pundits needed their memories overhauled. They also seemed to be saying that what was bad enough for J. P. Morgan was bad enough for movie characters...
Most Washingtonians seemed to read accounts of the Hughes hearing with mixed feelings of amusement, anger and dismay. One who was moved by a different emotion was the New York Times's boss capital correspondent, Pundit Arthur Krock. As he read the testimony, he seemed to be overcome with a certain sadness. Wrote...