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Unsolicited Help. Now 54, Lazar was born in Stamford, Conn., the son of a German Jewish immigrant who ran a thriving butter and eggs business. Later, the family moved to Brooklyn, and Swifty took his LL.B at Brooklyn Law School. Sophie Tucker was one of his early legal clients, and he got into agenting when a nightclub impresario mentioned that he needed a Hawaiian musician. Swifty remembered one but could not recall the fellow's name. "I can get you Johnny Pineapple," he said recklessly. Then he tracked the Hawaiian down, told him his new name was Johnny Pineapple...
...Closer supervision from the supervisors and all concerned would seem to be the answer," Carle T. Tucker, Director of the Dining Hall Department, said. Tucker and L. Gard Wiggins, administrative vice-President, emphasized their desire to hear complaints and their willingness to take the necessary steps to improve food and service...
...glad to sit down and discuss your problems," Tucker said. He revealed that students who have complaints about the food can relay them to the dining room supervisors, who will note the criticisms on the daily reports they must file...
...Tucker invited the House committee representatives to drop in any time to survey the Central Kitchen facilities and to get a first-hand view of the problems involved in preparing the food...
...five mayors noted that it is difficult to convince their citizens that tax increases are necessary for progress. But Mayor Raymond Tucker of St. Louis, Mo., claimed that he obtained three tax increases in six months from the voters of St. Louis "by telling them the truth...