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...Background of Confusion. Such control was the essence of the power of the old War Industries Board of World War I, which the Army hoped the President would duplicate back in 1940. Instead came a dreary series of compromises (the Defense Commission, OPM, SPAB), culminating in WPB itself. By that time the Army and Navy of necessity had acquired vast powers, not only over the ordering of war products (which has always been their function), but over the flow and scheduling of raw materials as well...
...Upton Sinclair, human beings are all essentially nice people who go right or wrong strictly according to their background. The history which they make or break is in no sense their own doing. It is the inevitable product of the infernal machine of the age, Capitalism. History and humanity alike might be set right if only Capitalism were retired in favor of Socialism, plus the large kindliness which Author Sinclair is so obviously filled with, and which half exonerates even his most villainous characters...
Yale and Princeton banners and pennants from various other schools make up a large part of the University's supply. The Harvard representatives number seven. There are three flags, three official banners with a large black "H" on a red background, and one special banner on which "HARVARD" is spelled out in white letters...
Disney, who will be accompanied by his wife and two script writers, has termed his visit a 'fishing expedition" only, to see what ideas and material Hooton can give him. He is not sure what application anthropological theory will have to his movie, other than supplying a scientific background for his argument against the superiority of the Nordic strain...
...training at the end of which they may receive a commission. The purpose of the "B" course is to train men with only one year of college for the "A" course, while that of the "C" course is to give men just graduating from high school the necessary background...