Word: rochlen
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Dates: during 1943-1943
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...Michael Rochlen, 52, intense, Russian-born, Hearst-while reporter, who directs Douglas' industrial and public relations. "Rocky" Rochlen came to the U.S. as an immigrant boy, learned English by reading the late Arthur Brisbane's column and by rereading English classics he had previously read in Russian. At 17 he was earning $7 a week in a New Britain, Conn, hardware factory, and carried a Socialist Party card. He was a top West Coast newspaper reporter when he joined Douglas...
...Rocky" Rochlen's biggest job is to try to "humanize" his boss. In that, he has been singularly unsuccessful. Donald Douglas does everything, even his enormous production job, in such a precise way that it never seems to be news...