Word: mum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Listening to the barrage last week, the defense industry kept mum publicly. Privately, it reacted with surprise-and considerable anger of its own. In Pittsburgh, Reserve Army Colonel Willard Rockwell, who once took time off from running his three manufacturing companies to serve briefly as an assistant to the Defense Secretary, ridiculed the whole thing. Snorted Rockwell, whom Representative Santangelo listed as "suspect": "The White House has bought eleven of our Aero Commander planes. I can't even sell one to the military. How's that for influence?" When it comes to pressuring for contracts, he charged that...
...been received cautiously by most of the city brass except Transit Boss Charles Patterson, who favors it. Last week Chalk relaxed his terms by pledging to keep the 15? subway fare so long as the city guarantees him an after-tax profit of 6½%. As usual, he was mum about who was putting up the bulk of his bankroll. Grinned O. Roy Chalk: "I'm a poor man -never have more than 50 bucks with me. The big thing is, I know where I can get more...
...Baldwin that if he printed the story, the furor might well force the U.S. to stop the tests. But it could also be argued that Baldwin had a duty to tell the American public in advance about an event that might have serious international implications. Baldwin decided to stay mum.* Says he simply: "It was a question of whether or not you were going to hurt your country...
...Many Books? As of this week, the boys were mum about their financial backing, but one known angel is Investor Richard Ernst, a former Knopf employee (in the sales department) who is married to Department Store Heiress Susan Bloomingdale. As for father Knopf, 66, he had no comment on his son's exodus. A publisher who has often complained that the trade is turning out far too many books, Knopf Sr. only said: "There have always been new firms, and I guess this will be a good one," As for Pat, 41, he seemed...
Bishop Pike (ABC, 12 noon-12:30 p.m.). Christ in Jeans, BBC's modern-dress filmed Passion play that roused British TViewers last year (TIME, April 14). Christ wears denims, the Virgin Mary looks like anybody's mum...