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...knows how to stop the Japanese took command this week of the last place in the Southwest Pacific to stop them. When Douglas MacArthur reached Australia, the U.S. and all the United Nations breathed a sigh of relief and hope: By God, they...
...good generals obey orders. General MacArthur asked only for time-time to plan the strategy to meet the next expected Jap attack (see p. 20), time to transfer his command to lean, competent Major General Jonathan M. ("Skinny") Wainwright, 58-year-old cavalry officer who knows all the tricks of Bataan defense...
...destiny that brought me here!" Douglas MacArthur once said of his presence in the Philippines. He was no man to forget Destiny when he said good-by to his heroes on Bataan. He was to take command of all United Nations forces in the Australian area. By remote control, he was to retain strategic command of Bataan. If the Japanese were to be stopped short of the Western Hemisphere, Douglas MacArthur would stop them. Of Destiny, he could ask no more...
...most of them had come right over from SPAB and OPM. Tons of paper still needed seven signatures on each item. Jobs overlapped. In rubber, for instance: tall, bald Arthur Newhall handled the problem of rubber imports (there are virtually none). Production of synthetic rubber was technically under the command of WPB's raw materials Boss William L. ("Bill") Batt, was actually in charge of Hydra-handed Federal Loan Administrator Jesse Jones, who doles out the dough. Used rubber was under Sears, Roebuck's J. Lessing Rosenwald. Rubber rationing was under Price Chief Leon Henderson...
...ranking military spokesman in Washington, he will have "full opportunity" to express his views. He will advise the War Department in all Chinese military affairs. But in Washington, apparently, the Chinese will still have the status of guests at the Allied table, not equal members of the Allied command...