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...very immediately we will have an army, so to speak, more impressive than any of these other armies--and these recover councils, by the way, will resemble an army in size and cosmopolitanism. This nearest army is for the purpose of putting across the president's blanket code. Each city will have a general, a man, and a lieutenant- general, a woman. Each general will name three colonels, and a colonel, apparently, will have under him seven on more majors and seven or more captains--and, of course, the buck privates who do the work. The campaign is all down...
...General Johnson called "appalling." Putting trade codes through the Washington mill had proved a slow, cumbersome process. Only one had been completed in six weeks. Something quicker, more drastic, more realistic was necessary to shore up the sagging foundation of national economy. Last week's proposal for a blanket work & wage agreement was the Administration's answer...
...last week issued orders putting the rayon, silk and thread industries under the cotton textile code at their own request. He also gave General Johnson a permanent appointment as Industrial Administrator.† General Johnson fixed his own salary at $6,000 per year. Meanwhile the possibility of a temporary blanket code for all industry hung over Washington and the nation all last week. General Johnson felt that some such summary step was necessary to help purchasing power and consumption catch up with production and prevent a fresh collapse. He drafted a 35-hour, $14-per-week sample but nowhere...
Nominally be-monocled German Foreign Minister Baron Konstantin von Neurath, decorative socialite, was Chief Delegate. But at his side stalked long-necked, domineering Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, Governor of the Reichsbank. To make things more exciting before he left Berlin Dr. Schacht recommended and Chancellor Hitler decreed last week a blanket and indefinite moratorium blocking payment of service charges on practically all German foreign obligations except her already frozen still-haltung credits. This move sent Germany dramatically to London hat in hand, served notice that unless she receives favors of some sort from the Conference her total borrowings are as good...
...nearest town. But a railroad detective chased them, shot Lena. Jason's dream of freedom collapsed; he knew he would go home to his wife. Knox's star witness was gone but he got his old mistress back again. The remains of old Magowan, covered with a blanket, were carried in to division point where a testimonial dinner was to have been given him with speeches he had waited 60 years to hear...