Word: hatchetman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hatchetman Westbrook Pegler, already on record as "anti-democratic," set his readers straight on another point: "I should like to release those delegates who have been loyal to me on the ground that I was not anti-union but only anti-communist and anti-racketeer . . . Yes, I am now anti-union...
...Wold admitted that some of his information had come from Walter Trohan (TIME, Jan. 31), Washington bureau chief and topflight hatchetman of the Chicago Tribune. Under the Roosevelt barrage, Author Wold had retreated, according to Elliott, who quoted him as saying: "Much of the material in my book has been omitted, giving rise [in Look] to a completely false impression...
...Odets' rage and revulsions are wasted: some of his Hollywood villains-including a cynical hatchetman and a ruthless cinemagnate (well played by Paul Mc-Grath and J. Edward Bromberg) are vividly caught or caricatured. Now & then, along with some "poetic" writing that is as unpleasantly conspicuous as a nose ring, a lively crack comes forth. But most of The Big Knife is as unfocused as it is violent; it is full of curses not deep but loud, of intemperate and untidy theatrics. And Castle's particular predicament is far too unusual to mean anything. He is surely...
This situation was too much for Hatchetman Pearson, who likes to be influential, but not in a negative way. This week, in wrathful confusion, he broadcast: "The most important aspect of this incident is . . . the fact that Mr. Truman should let important decisions of state be made or reversed by a radio commentator, no matter who he is. It's probably going to make some of us think twice about criticizing inefficient public officials for fear Mr. Truman will then decide to continue them in office...
...Francisco, Phil Murray's hatchetman Allan Haywood delivered the bad news to Red-eyed Harry Bridges: he was fired as a C.I.O. regional director for refusing to go along with Murray's policy of opposing Henry Wallace's third party. Australia-born Harry Bridges' grip on about 75,000 longshoremen was not affected. But he was expecting more bad news -another attempt to deport...