Public Relations: F.O.B. Detroit

The rites of fall were beginning—f.o.b. Detroit. And already the celebrators, that cast-iron band of U.S. journalists who cruise the automotive beat, were up to their hubcaps in favors and rich food. Flown to San Francisco last week as guests of Chrysler Corp., they sluiced through all the brightest nightspots, took a charter cruise across the bay, listened to songs by Chrysler Guest Artist Pat Suzuki—and inspected the 1964 models that Chrysler had providentially brought along (see U.S. BUSINESS). When the San Francisco revels ended, more were in store: shooting, riding, and...