Word: questioned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wallace ruled out questions on Communism and his Communist party-lining before they could be thrown at him. No matter how hard the reporters tried, he said, "I am not going to engage in Red-baiting . . ." That still left one interesting question: Did Wallace write (in 1934) the fawning, fantastic Guru letters, full of schoolboy mysticism and "secret" pet names, to the late Nicholas Roerich, a fork-bearded Russian artist, explorer, and cultist (TIME, Dec. 29)? For months Columnist Westbrook Pegler had been trying to provoke a yes or no from Wallace...
What's a Guru? A reporter rose and put the question to Wallace. "I never discuss Westbrook Pegler in public," retorted Wallace...
...more reporters popped the question, and were brushed aside. Then a paunchy, scowling ex-sportwriter tried his hand. His own version of what happened next: "... A tall, not unhandsome chap arose, a man of spiritual mien and prematurely grey, arose to declare: 'My name is Westbrook Pegler, Mr. Wallace . . . You have reminded us journalists of the important duty of getting all the available facts. Therefore, I ask you to say whether you did or did not write certain letters...
...Stooge? Pegler sat down. All the correspondents had agreed to ask only one question apiece. To three others who also put the Gurusome question Wallace snapped: "I never engage in a discussion with a stooge of Westbrook Pegler." Finally a watery-eyed oldster got up. "My name is Mencken, H. L.," he announced. "Will you call me a stooge of Pegler...
Second Wind. The worrisome question of whether profits were keeping up with the overall increase in sales got some mixed answers. For H. J. Heinz Co., whose net dropped 18% despite a 17% rise to an alltime high in sales, the answer was no. But profits far outdistanced sales in other cases. For example, with sales up only 36% over the same period last year, General Portland Cement's six-month net jumped over 75%. In this year's second quarter, Willys-Overland had a 29% rise in sales, a 70% rise in profits...