One of Dudley 's first large accounts was AT&T , a client he would keep until his death in 1966 . Dudley was also retained to mount a campaign to launch the political career of Woodrow Wilson , then president of Princeton University . Dudley 's client in this endeavor is unknown and he would carry the details of the assignment to his grave . He last spoke about the Wilson project in 1959 to say only that it was a " highly confidential matter " , exposure of which would be " damaging to our profession " . Prior to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 , Dudley helped organize opposition to the mandatory installation of sprinklers in warehouses at the behest of another client , the Protective League of Property Owners . Following World War II , it was revealed Dudley had worked as a middle-man to funnel payments from DeWitt Wallace to Lawrence Dennis ; Wallace had hired Dennis to write " smear pieces " against Henry A. Wallace for '' Reader 's Digest ''
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Pendleton Dudley