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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Chain Reaction. Reporter Charles (Chuck) Roberts* got the job of checking up. One Theodore A. Swinarski was listed on the payroll. Roberts called at the home of State Representative Theodore Anthony Swinarski, boldly fired a shot in the dark: "Is it true that you make $50 a night working at Chicago Downs as a mutuel inspector?" Taken aback, Swinarski cried: "Why, it was only $25 a night." Moreover, he demanded, why did Roberts pick on him when at least seven other state legislators were doing the same thing? Reporter Roberts clucked sympathetically as he noted down the names given...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Smokeout | 9/3/1951 | See Source »

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