Newspapers: The Word from Moses

By the exquisite standards of Robert Moses, 75, father and president of the New York World's Fair, the 646-acre monument to Mosaic vision is falling somewhat short of the mark. The fair's first season ends Oct. 18, and only 28 million fairgoers have materialized, despite Moses' estimate of 40 million. And then there are all those amusement concessions that have folded for want of customers. But, as usual, Moses knows just who is at fault. Last week, addressing a luncheon crowd of 250 newspaper publishers from upstate New York, he pinned the blame squarely in his usual Old Testament...

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