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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were inserted last January by Republican Congresswoman Frances P. Bolton of Ohio. Mrs. Bolton had gotten them from a friend, who had heard them on a broadcast by Radio Commentator Galen Drake. Drake couldn't remember where he had picked them up. One possibility: the Royle Forum, house organ of a New Jersey machinery manufacturer. (Said Forum Editor Richard Cook, who printed them without checking their authenticity: "One thing consoles me. I am now part of the Lincoln legend, and will live forever.") Cook got them from some direct-mail advertising of another manufacturing concern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Dishonest Abe | 1/30/1950 | See Source »

Waiters in Czechoslovakia's nationalized hotels and restaurants got new orders from the boss last week. Said the Communist organ Rude Pravo: "All employees are to ask their patrons to cease giving them tips because this is a dishonorable means of rewarding service." Tipping, the paper explained, was a "degrading reminder of the obsolete capitalist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Orders for Waiters | 1/9/1950 | See Source »

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