Suspended Moment
Broadcast: 24th June 1948
Added: Jun 25 2005
The newspapers carried a story about John Dillard Durant; he was one of the two men mentioned to head a newly created and important government agency. Overnight the success story of lawyer Durant was being read throughout the nation. A few of the facts were, he started his law practice in the industrial city of Central Falls, and his clients were mostly the local steel workers. In the following years his fame had grown and after the sensational Tri Condo Steel case he’s become nationally known. But Durant had stayed in Central Falls despite his nationwide success. Here then is the untold story of a successful man, the story of why he never lost touch with his humble beginnings, the story of one suspended momen…