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...character of that issue as the Senate investigation of Republican Governor Paul Martin Pearson's administration of the Virgin Islands droned into its second week in the sweltering Senate caucus room (TIME, July 15). Appearing with a strip of adhesive tape cocked over the eye which Columnist Robert S. Allen blacked for him last fortnight, mousy-looking Paul C. Yates called up the Islands' men of God to prove that gentle, idealistic Governor Pearson was somehow a blackguard. Witness Yates, ousted Pearson assistant and a prime instigator of 'the investigation, produced an affidavit from an Anglican clergyman...
Last week gossip-mongering Walter Winchell went off on a secret vacation. Like a symphony leader turning over his baton to a series of guest conductors, Columnist Winchell had arranged for a series of celebrities and near-celebrities to write for one day each his syndicated On Broadway. Each playing his own particular tune, the first half-dozen guest conductors sounded off as follows...
Senator Huey Pierce Long: "I suppose a columnist substituting for Walter Winchell ought to reveal some of the gossip of the Senate. Well, here goes...
Confronted by newshawks, Columnist McIntyre reiterated his fondness for "Chris'" but, as for quoting without credit, "If it did happen it happened unintentionally." Mr. McIntyre's syndicate (McNaught) was more articulate. Said Editor Charles Driscoll...
...instance were large gobs of similar copy quoted. . . . And after all, why should 'the most successful columnist in the business take the copy of the most unsuccessful?copy that long ago was proved unsalable. I should say that Mr. Morley, whose 'Bowling Green' column is perhaps the least read in the history of journalism, is capitalizing on Mr. McIntyre's popularity...