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...Adman Marion Harper Jr. became head of McCann-Erickson in 1948 at 32, spun the outfit into the vast Interpublic Group (advertising, public relations, market research) and racked up billings of $700 million a year by last fall. When Interpublic went deep into debt, he was eased into a powerless chairmanship (TIME, Dec. 15). But when he was eased out altogether two weeks ago, Harper was not exactly out of pocket. Interpublic was reported to have bought back his 100,000 shares in the company, worth $2,200,000 at book value. Harper also had an employment contract that guaranteed...
Smith, relaxing in an armchair and filling the room with the wild cherry aroma of his pipe tobacco, did not feel powerless after his defeat. His unsuccessful campaign created a potentially devastating base of support--a coalition among white workers, Negroes, and intellectuals. "We have created something to work from, whether it's me or somebody else who runs next time. My job is to get the working class, the Negro and the intellectual together and screw the middle class...
...that time 300 people were sitting-in and Ansara believed he had the Administration over a barrel. "What the hell are they going to do? They are powerless in the face of such wide-spread support from students," he said...
...responsible civil rights movement, which has accomplished much for the Negro in the 1960s, today faces a crisis of survival. Powerless to quell insensate violence in the slums, its leaders are equally helpless in the face of rising white impatience with riots and those who incite them. The plight of moderate Negro leadership was demonstrated anew last week. Items...
...only does the Negro community feel its powerless but it believes that it is ignored and that Whites make no effort to communicate with its members until there is a riot...