Fifties (138 page)

Major sources for the section on Marilyn Monroe are
Timebends
by Arthur Miller;
Marilyn: A Biography
by Norman Mailer;
Marilyn Monroe: The Body in the Library
by Graham McCann;
Norma Jean: The Life of Marilyn Monroe
and
Legend: The Life and Death of Marilyn Monroe
by Fred Lawrence Guiles;
Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe
by Anthony Summers; and
Marilyn Monroe Confidential
by Lena Pepitone with William Stadiem. The major sources for the section on Hugh Hefner and
Playboy
are
Thy Neighbor’s Wife
by Gay Talese and Thomas Weyr’s
Reaching for Paradise: The Playboy Vision of America.

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

577
“BECAUSE YOU WOULDN’T HAVE LET:
Davis,
Two-Bit Culture
p. 257.

577
“BUT IF YOU GO BENEATH:
Toth,
Inside Peyton Place,
p. 1.

579
AS KENNETH DAVIS NOTED IN HIS BOOK:
Davis, p. 259.

579
“FOR PERHAPS THE FIRST TIME IN POPULAR:
Davis, p. 255.

581
“HOW COULD YOU BE SO STUPID:
Toth, p. 49.

581
“I AM TRAPPED:
Toth p. 60.

583
“I KNOW THIS IS A BIG BOOK:
Toth, p. 94

583
BY CONTRAST MESSNER LOOKED:
Toth, p. 94.

583
LATER SHE DECIDED THAT WHAT:
interview with Leona Nevler.

584
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, A CRITIC:
Toth, p. 145.

584
THE PEOPLE IN NEW YORK:
interview with Nevler.

584
“THIS BOOK BUSINESS:
Toth, p. 151.

585
YEARS LATER GEORGE METALIOUS:
Toth, p. 178.

584
ALMOST AS SOON AS THE INTERVIEW:
Toth, p. 163.

585
“OUR MOTHER HAD TO BE TOLD:
Toth, p. 225.

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

587
A POLL OF BOTH MEN AND WOMEN:
Ryan,
Womanhood in America,
p. 188.

587
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW DEAL:
Sochen,
Movers and Shakers,
p. 162.

587
THE
LADIES HOME JOURNAL
EVEN PUT:
Ryan, p. 188.

588
IN JUST TWO YEARS SOME TWO MILLION:
Ryan, p. 190.

590
“WHEN JIM COMES HOME,” SAID:
Hine,
Populux,
p. 55.

590
“THE TWO BIG STEPS:
Hine, p. 31.

The material on Betty Friedan comes from an interview with the author,
It Changed My Life
and
The Feminine Mystique,
both by Ms. Friedan, and
The Sisterhood
by Marcia Cohen.

CHAPTER FORTY

601
HE BEGAN TO FIT SOME OF HIS:
Davidson, “Dr. Rock’s Magic Pill,” p. 100.

601
“DEAR MADAM,” HE WROTE BACK:
unpublished manuscript by Mahlon Hoagland.

602
“HE [PINCUS] WAS A LITTLE SCARY:
Vaughan,
The Pill on Trial,
p. 32.

602
“THEY DID IT,” THE YOUNG HOAGLAND:
interview with Mahlon Hoagland.

603
“AFTER ALL, IF YOU COULD PATENT:
Vaughan, p. 21.

604
“THE R.C. CHURCH,” SHE WROTE:
Gray,
Margaret Sanger,
p. 435.

604
BY DOING SO HE WAS ABLE TO “LIBERATE:
Pauly,
Controlling Life, p.
194.

604
HE WOULD TELL HIS AUDIENCES:
Pauly, p. 194.

604
“TO MARGARET SANGER,” HE WROTE:
Kennedy,
Birth Control in America,
p. vii.

604
OF IT CLARE BOOTH LUCE:
Davidson, p. 108.

605
WHEN THE STORY WAS RELAYED TO CHANG:
interview with M. C. Chang and Mahlon Hoagland.

CHAPTER FORTY-ONE

607
WE DESPISE THE FRENCH:
McDougall,
The Heavens and the Earth,
p. 44.

607
THESE MEN, HUZEL BELIEVES, TEND:
Lewis,
Appointment on the Moon, p.
24.

607
MY NAME IS MAGNUS VON BRAUN:
McDougall, p. 44.

608
TOO YOUNG, TOO FAT, TOO JOVIAL:
Rothe and Lohr,
Current Biography: Who’s News and Why 1952,
p. 608.

608
THIS WILL MAKE BUCK ROGERS:
McDougall, p. 44.

608
WE WERE IMPRESSED WITH THEIR:
McDougall, p. 70.

608
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INTOLERABLE:
McDougall, p. 44.

608
FOR MY CONFIRMATION:
Noble, “Wernher von Braun, Rocket Pioneer Dies,”
The New York Times,
June 18, 1977, p. 24.

609
I WAS ECSTATIC:
Berghaus,
Reaching for the Stars,
p. 40.

610
DO YOU REALIZE WHAT WE:
Clarke,
The Coming of Space, p.
49.

610
OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE FOR A LONG TIME:
Medaris,
Countdown for Decision,
p. 38.

610
WITH SUCH WEAPONS, HUMANITY:
Medaris, p. 38.

610
WHAT I WANT IS ANNIHILATION:
Dornberger,
V-2,
p. 103.

610
VON BRAUN CHECKED IT OUT:
Berghaus, p. 78.

612
SHADOWS AND IMAGES IN THE STRANGE:
Berghaus, p. 29.

612
FORMER GERMAN SCIENTISTS WHO:
Medaris, p. 117.

613
BUT IT WAS NO SMALL IRONY, AS:
McDougall, p. 99.

613
THEY QUICKLY PICKED UP THE SECOND TIER:
Parry,
Russia’s Rockets and Missiles,
p. 115.

613
THE POINT IS THAT THE V-2:
McDougall, p. 53.

614
I DON’T WANT TO EXAGGERATE:
McDougall, p. 59.

615
HE HELD THE JOB FOR ELEVEN MONTHS:
McDougall, p. 105.

615
THIS COUNTRY, HE ONCE NOTED:
McDougall, p. 126.

616
BY THE SUMMER OF 1955, THE AIR FORCE:
Wise and Ross,
The V-2 Affair,
p. 46.

617
A JET WITH THE BODY:
Powers and Gentry,
Operation Overflight,
p. 22.

618
YOU’LL NEVER CONVINCE ME:
Wise and Ross, p. 43.

619
I’VE FIGURED OUT WHAT YOU’RE DOING:
Powers and Gentry, p. 39.

619
ONCE ON, IT FELT LIKE:
Powers and Gentry, p. 22.

619
SITTING ON A LOADED SHOT GUN:
Powers and Gentry, p. 62.

622
I WOULDN’T CARE IF THEY DID:
Manchester,
The Glory and the Dream,
p. 787.

622
IT IS ONLY LOGICAL TO ASSUME:
McDougall, p. 119.

623
A USELESS HUNK OF IRON:
Kennan and Harvey,
Mission to the Moon,
p. 62.

624
A SILLY BAUBLE IN THE SKY:
Parry, p. 190.

624
AS FAR AS THE SATELLITE IS CONCERNED:
Ambrose,
Eisenhower the President,
pp. 429–30.

624
YES, DEAR, AND IN SIX MONTHS:
Lewis, p. 55.

625
A BOOK CALLED:
Manchester, p. 793.

625
ONE CRITIC NOTED THAT AS:
Parry, p. 190.

625
YOU AMERICANS HAVE A BETTER:
Manchester, p. 793.

625
CELESTIAL BROTHERS:
McDougall, p. 286.

625
THEY’LL CALL ME SOON:
Berghaus, p. 327.

626
IT SEEMED AS IF THE GATES OF HELL:
Clarke, p. 19.

626
PHUT GOES U.S. SATELLITE:
Lewis, p. 58.

626
THAT WAS SPUTNIK:
Parry, p. 191.

627
THEY HEAR HER, WERNHER, THEY:
Berghaus, p. 321.

627
SHE IS EIGHT MINUTES LATE:
Lewis, p. 67.

627
LET’S NOT MAKE TOO GREAT:
McDougall, p. 168.

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO

The material for the section on advertising and General Motors is based on interviews with Kennsinger Jones, Gerald Schnitzer, Al Rothenberg, and Barney Knudsen. Sources used for the section on the Volkswagen and the Corvair are
Small Wonder: The Amazing Story of Volkswagen
by Walter Henry Nelson,
Unsafe at Any Speed
by Ralph Nader, and author interviews with David E. Davis, Don Frey, and several General Motors executives.

CHAPTER FORTY-THREE

643
BUT
$64,000
GETS INTO THE REALM:
Anderson,
Television Fraud: The History and the Implications of the Quiz Show Scandals,
p. 6.

643
SHE DID NOT HESITATE TO MAKE:
Author interview with Geoff Cowan.

643
IT PROVED EVERY AMERICAN HAD:
Author interview with Geoff Cowan.

643
NOBODY LEAVES THIS ROOM:
Barnouw,
The History of Broadcasting: The Image Empire,
p. 56.

644
WE’RE ALL PRETTY MUCH ALIKE:
Anderson, p. 39.

644
ANY BETS ON HOW LONG:
Friendly,
Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control,
p. 77.

644
A NEW TELEVISION PROGRAM SPONSORED:
Barnouw, p. 58.

645
THE CONSERVATISM OF A FATHER:
Anderson, p. 9.

645
LET YOUR MODERATION BE KNOWN:
Anderson, p. 9.

645
IF YOU’RE SYMBOLIC OF THE MARINE CORPS:
Anderson, p. 20.

646
IT HELPED, IT HELPED:
Hearings of the Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Eighty-sixth Congress, II,
Vol. 51, p. 811.

646
WE WROTE THE QUESTIONS INTO:
Author interview with Russell Baker.

647
LATER HE TOLD JOE STONE:
Stone and Yohn,
Prime Time and Misdemeanors,
pp. 206–7.

647
DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO:
Author interview with Dan Enright.

648
YOU CANNOT ASK RANDOM QUESTIONS:
Stone and Yohn, p. 119.

648
THUS HE WAS ABLE TO RATIONALIZE:
Author interview with Enright.

648
THE WALKING ENCYCLOPEDIA:
Author interview with Herb Stempel.

649
IF YOU SAW HIM:
Author interview with Enright.

649
ENRIGHT MADE STEMPEL GET:
Author interview with Enright.

649
STEMPEL WAS EVEN TOLD TO WEAR:
Hearings,
p. 26.

650
YOU’RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION:
Hearings,
p. 29.

650
IT WAS A CRUEL THING TO DO:
Author interview with Enright.

650
I THINK I’VE GOT THE RIGHT:
Author interview with Enright.

651
YOU COULD BE ERUDITE AND LEARNED:
Author interview with Al Freedman.

652
IT TOOK HIS BREATH AWAY:
Author interview with Dick Goodman.

653
CHARLIE, DID YOU KNOW THAT:
Author interview with Al Freedman.

653
NOT MUCH OF A BUSINESSMAN:
Van Doren,
The Autobiography of Mark Van Doren,
p. 16.

653
THE DIFFICULT ATTAINABLE THROUGH:
Van Doren, p. 275.

653
THE SUN WOULD GO DOWN JUST AS:
Author interview with Alfred Kazin.

654
VALUES YOUR LETTERS IF ONLY:
Hendrick,
The Selected Letters of Mark Van Doren,
p. 136.

654
REALLY, CHA, I’M NOT:
Hendrick, p. 136.

655
I FELT HERE WAS A GUY:
“Meeting of Minds,”
Time,
September 15, 1958.

657
I FELT LIKE A BULLFIGHTER:
Author interview with Dick Goodwin.

657
’CAUSE WHEN I GO ON:
“Meeting of Minds,”
Time.

658
HE WAS NOT NEARLY AS BOTHERED:
Author interview with Enright.

658
DAN, I HOPE THIS TEACHES YOU:
Author interview with Enright.

659
DAN, HAVE I EVER ASKED YOU:
Author interview with Enright.

660
DICK, SOME DAY I HOPE:
Author interview with Goodwin.

662
A QUIZ SHOW INVESTIGATION WITHOUT:
Author interview with Goodwin.

663
THE DINNER WAS SUPERB:
Goodwin,
Remembering America,
pp. 57–58.

664
IF I WANTED TO DESTROY:
Stone and Yohn, p. 251.

665
OF THE IMPORTANT PLAYERS STILL:
Author interview with Julian Krainan.

CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR

668
NATURAL-BORN ROTARIAN:
Author interview with Harry Ashmore.

668
AT THE HEART OF THEIR:
Author interview with Ashmore.

668
TO FIND OUT WHY:
Author interview with Ashmore.

668
IN FACT, JUST ABOUT:
Huckaby,
Crisis at Central High: Little Rock 1957–1958,
p. ix.