A couple weeks ago I tried to interview the former Chrysler and Ford executive for this column on executive pay and how he worked for salary of $1 a year for a time when Chrysler was having troubles in the early 1980s. I never heard back until after the piece ran, and even then he replied through his assistant via email with one- and two-word answers to my questions.

Now she has sent a mass email to all the people who have been trying to talk to him, including the following: Bloomberg, two networks, Washington Post, Newsweek etc. Iacocca is still unavailable but refers people to his Web site.

'Josephs, Toby (NBC Universal)'; 'John Pomfret'; 'Naughton, Keith'; Hancock, Jay; 'RACHEL WEHRSPANN, BLOOMBERG/ NEWSROOM:'; 'ROBIN WOOD, BLOOMBERG/ NEWSROOM:'; 'Albano, Michael'; meghan.reeder1@nbcni.com; Eileen.A.Murphy@abc.com; 'Jimenez, Ryan'; JStAugustine@harpo.com; Autolab3@aol.com; leonkap1@aol.com; 'Rex Dale'