Radio: Fiorello's Formula

Lip-happy Mr. Fiorello H. LaGuardia, New York's cocky little ex-mayor, crowed a sharp warning to his advertising sponsor, Liberty magazine, just before he began his Sunday-night ABC network commentary this week: "If they announce that the sponsor is not responsible for their commentator's sentiments, I'll announce that the sponsor's product is not necessarily endorsed by the commentator."

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