Two months ago, U.N. had vaguely assented to a suggestion that a piece of Plymouth Rock be used as a cornerstone for U.N.'s new skyscraper headquarters along Manhattan's East River. Last week came the alarming news that the stone was on its way. But it was not really a chip off Plymouth Rock at alljust an ordinary boulder from Yarmouth, Mass. It weighed 15 tons.
New York's Mayor O'Dwyer was quoted as saying grimly that if it ever reached his city, the rock would be dumped into the East River. Said his secretary, more softly: "They can send anything they please. But...
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