Word: reston
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...press conference (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) remarked that he was ready to take the judgment of the correspondents in his audience as to whether or not his administration had embraced "McCarthyism," the polling wheels began to grind. The New York Times's Washington Bureau Chief James ("Scotty") Reston promptly set his staff to work calling the 179 newsmen who had been at the conference to find out what their opinion...
...first] speech certainly drifted from the Eisenhower Republicans, but was brought back into line by Ike." A few newsmen refused to comment altogether. Times Reporter Clayton Knowles suddenly remembered that he had overlooked one top Washington reporter. Looking through the window that separates him from Bureau Chief Reston, Knowles dialed a number on his desk telephone, then said into the phone: "Mr. Reston, this is the New York Times, and we are conducting a survey . . . " Said Reston, who had personally opposed polling correspondents during the campaign* because he thought such polls undermined public confidence in the press...
...James Reston...
...Reston is a "newcomer" who caught the boss's eye early. Born in Clydebank, Scotland, Reston came to the U.S. to live at the age of ten. He graduated from the University of Illinois, did a short stint as a pressagent for the Cincinnati Reds, then worked as a sportswriter and later as a London correspondent...
...Times's London bureau hired him, and three years later Publisher Sulzberger brought Reston to Manhattan as his assistant. In 1944, Reston was transferred to the Washington bureau, where he has been ever since. Reston, a popular choice among Timesmen to head the Washington bureau, got off to a good start. He told the staff: "Any talk from me is unnecessary. It's probably a good thing, because if I had to express my feelings about this announcement to my old colleagues, many of whom have taught me the news business, I'm afraid...