The Press: Man of Influence

(See Cover) The green phone — phone-green to match the office walls — rang imperiously. New York City, said the long-distance operator, was calling Mr. James Reston, and in a moment Mr. Reston, Washington correspond ent of the New York Times, was talking to Adlai Stevenson. The titular head of the Democratic Party, a longtime Reston admirer, confidant and news source, was getting ready for his South American tour, and he wanted to know if the Times in tended to cover it. As a matter of fact, Stevenson hinted, it would be dandy if...