Word: membered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hard-digging newsmen were concerned, there was no more solid evidence that Duggan had had knowing contact with Communist espionage. There were indications that he had been friendly with a former State Department official named Noel Field, identified last summer in testimony by Chambers as a member of a Communist apparatus. The New York Daily News quoted Alger Hiss as saying that Duggan was a very good friend of his and that he was a "victim of persecution." Hiss later denied having made the statement...
...Screenwriter Lester Cole, a balding little man who earned up to $1,350 a week turning out such epics as The Romance of Rosy Ridge and Fiesta for MGM. Like the others, he had refused to say whether or not he was then or ever had been a member of the Communist Party. After he was cited for contempt of Congress, M-G-M suspended him from his job, giving as its reason the charge that he had violated the "morals clause" in his contract of employment. Cole, and four of his colleagues, struck back, filed suits for reinstatement...
Frank Lloyd Wright, venerable panjandrum of modern U.S. architecture, finally (at 79) got grudging recognition from the august American Institute of Architects (of which he is not a member): their 16th Gold Medal Award in 42 years. Apparently, it had not been unanimous. Blurted the Westchester (N.Y.) chapter: "His achievements do not entitle him to join the company of such men as McKim [Boston Public Library], Post [Wisconsin State Capitol], Bacon [Lincoln Memorial], Goodhue [Nebraska State Capitol], Cret [Washington's Federal Reserve Building], and Sullivan [Chicago's Stock Exchange...
...famed Old Vic repertory theater had fired its directing triumvirate: Olivier, Sir Ralph Richardson and Designer Director John Burrell. The board of governors had announced "an administrative reorganization." Official reason: the Old Vic will have "bigger responsibilities" next summer when it sets up a British National Theater. A member of the governing board admitted that the official statement was malarkey. "If I told the real truth, some people's feelings might be hurt...
...clear up "the unfamiliarity among savers, particularly in the labor and farm groups, with corporate securities." The Exchange will plug stock purchases as a regular part of the family saving program. The specific target: earners of $5,000 a year or less. Said one hopeful Stock Exchange member: they "constitute the hope of the financial community...