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Selznick was first "surprised," then "upset" at the complaints. He had Johnston office approval before releasing the picture, had not shown it to the Legion of Decency only because a Technicolor strike had delayed prints of it until too late. Moreover, the film had not yet been distributed nationally. Selznick murmured that there might be some revisions. But an extended ban by the Catholic Church would mean plenty of trouble. Duel, already expensively delayed, could not be held up and revised if it was to gross the $20,000,000 that Selznick expected...
...Goats of the Year were Alexander Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Alvanley Johnston of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. * Sample quote of 1946: "The American eagle sits on his perch, a large strong bird with formidable beak and claws. There he sits, motionless, and Mr. Gromyko is sent every day to prod him with a sharp sickle, now on his beak, now under his wing, now in his tail feathers. All the time the eagle keeps quite still. But it would be a great mistake to suppose that nothing is going on inside the breast...
...though he made winning shots look difficult where Kramer made them look easy, it was Schroeder who carried the load with his smashing net game. That clinched the Cup for the U.S., for the first time since 1938. Another two-man U.S. team, Big Bill Tilden and Little Bill Johnston had taken the Davis Cup from the Australians in the same way 26 years...
...Kremlin also wanted a Foreign Minister who is relatively well known abroad, especially in the U.S. Anastas Mikoyan, the slick little Armenian who long ran Soviet foreign trade, fills that bill. Eric Johnston called him "a Jesse Jones, a Donald Nelson and a Harry Hopkins rolled into...
...conversation between Joseph Stalin and Harold Laski, reported in London, was more illuminating. Stalin was worried about the U.S. election, said he, because he knew no Republicans. "You know Eric Johnston," reminded Laski. "Johnston," said Stalin, "doesn't count. He doesn't talk like a Republican...