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...Acceptable. At the center of the case was Robert B. Coram, 30, an aggressive and productive reporter who was fired last year by the Atlanta Journal for "unethical practice in obtaining news." His offense had been to deceive a state liquor-control officer; to get a story about nightclub raids, Coram told the officer that his superior, Revenue Commissioner Peyton Hawes, wanted him to tell all. The officer believed Coram and, without checking with Hawes, proceeded to talk...
Even though the charge of deceit against him was true, Coram contended, the Journal had no right to fire him. He and other Journal reporters had often used such tactics, and the paper had never complained. N.L.R.B. Trial Examiner James F. Foley disagreed. Although allowing that "certain deception is accepted as a means of getting a story," Foley ruled that "Coram's conduct is not acceptable as permissible conduct," and that he had indeed been guilty of unethical journalistic behavior. His dismissal was upheld...
Last week's show supported a conclusion that time and later critics reached long ago: besides being one of the most biting social satirists and moralists who ever etched an engraving, Hogarth at his best could paint circles around most of his contemporaries. His portrait of Captain Thomas Coram, philanthropist-founder of London's Foundling Hospital, displays a British humor and humanity that Hogarth's two famous 18th Century successors, Gainsborough and Reynolds, too often sacrificed for a slick and fawning elegance. His March of the Guards Towards Scotland, an action-filled canvas of the departure...
Brief for the Plaintiff. Coram: Powell...
...Cabinet members are men who as humble undersecretaries did the Princes' work. Quite unheard of outside Siam are Premier & Finance Minister Monophkarana; Foreign Minister Phya Srivisar Vacha; Defense Minister Prasertsong Coram; Minister of Interior Phya Chasaenyapati...