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Which of four basic rationing systems to use still bothers OPA rationeers, who are mulling over: 1) the unit system now in effect on sugar and gasoline; 2) the bloc system (e.g., tea or coffee on one coupon, with the privilege of buying either); 3) the value system (each coupon good for so many cents' worth of a commodity); 4) the point system (the government controlling the number of points for each commodity...
...direct relation of the classics to a world at war, Prof. Rand, mentioning President Conant's statement that a "liberal education is part of a military education," asserted that the basic military tactics can be found in the history of the great Greek and Roman soldiers. He also said, "if every soldier spent half an hour a day reading Horace in the original, he would be much more rested than if he spent many times the amount of minutes swapping stories with the other...
...basic fault in war production to date has been that the Army & Navy have insisted on ordering everything, from battleships to pistol cartridges, that might prove useful in any kind of a war anywhere on the face of the earth. No Production Boss can balance production and avoid shortages unless he persuades-or forces-the military strategists to adopt a specific, limited program calling for specific types of material. Thus far Nelson has lost practically every round with the Army & Navy, which in general still insist on building everything at once. And this fundamental error overstrains production from raw materials...
...Synthetic toluol, basic ingredient of trinitrotoluol (T.N.T.), basic military explosive. Without synthetic production, available T.N.T. would be only half as much...
...repeats last year's worn generalities with a promise of better things to come. Designed to hurt no feelings, the report is remiss largely in what it omits. Even as a sketchy outline for more specific blueprints, McNutt's ten point program fails to strike at most of the basic evils in the current college muddle...