Cabell PhillipsCabell Phillips was a member of the Washington Bureau of The New York Times for twenty-seven years until he retired in 1972. He was also a well-known writer on public affairs. His publications include his books The Forties: Decade ofTriumph and Trouble, The Truman Presidentcy, and articles including The West Virginia Mine War (1974) and The Town that Stopped the Clock (1960). He also published a series in 1966 in The Times, "The New York Times Chronicle of American' Life", which he approached as a journalistic replication of the American past. Read More Read Less