 As cited in FYI, Time Inc.’s internal newsletter “‘Fewer than 40% of the cities were properly zoned,’ he recalls.‘I went to the Post Office Department and showed them how we were making the zone system work.’”

Luce, who remained editor-in-chief of all his publications until 1964, maintained a position as an influential member of the Republican Party.Holding anti-communist sentiments, he used "Time" to support right-wing dictatorships in the name of fighting communism.