Word: l
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...L. M. SEBERT Toronto...
...lower berths when traveling with dramatic troupes. He hates the greens on golf courses, and when playing, simply skips them. He is eternally suspicious of lawyers. He believes "they can steal without getting put in jail" and habitually greets them with the cry of "Burglar!" He is against John L. Lewis, amateurs of all kinds, and the custom of eating lunch. He is convinced that the legislative process was conceived for only one purpose-grilling Petrillo like a frankfurter. When annoyed by an opponent, he screams: "Tell him he's nuts-he oughta run for Congress." He trusts only...
...jungle of labor relations, he was the lion who always came out on top. He was no more solicitous of the general welfare than John L. Lewis; his methods were those of a barroom fighter. Many citizens could approve of his general aims, but he lived solely by the maxim that the end justifies the means. His greatest virtue seemed to be that he was a success...
...journalism a profession, a trade, a game or a 6% investment? H. L. Mencken once gave his answer: "A journalist still lingers in the twilight zone, along with the trained nurse, the embalmer, the rev. clergy and the great majority of engineers. . . . [He] remains, for all his dreams, a hired man . . . and the hired man is not a professional...
Even the journalism schools could not agree. Missouri's Dean Frank Luther Mott sided with the A.N.P.A.; Ralph L. Crosman of the University of Colorado leaned towards the Guild. As for working newsmen, few were likely to yearn for professional status if it meant no overtime...