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...been a dismal quarrel between the manufacturers and the C.I.O. This quarrel has exploded because in fact the Government, as represented by the weak voices of Mr. Knudsen and Mr. Hillman and the procurement agencies, was standing by trying to umpire when its duty was to plan and command...
...petitioned Mrs. Roosevelt to come back and see their play, pointed out that the wrangle had been going on for ten days and that the picket line had materialized only a few minutes before she was due to appear. The producer offered to give a "command performance" in Washington or at her home in New York. Mrs. Roosevelt replied that she was "counting on" seeing his play, later. But she made it clear that she also counted on not having to cross a picket line...
...British Command knew just one thing could make the difference between success or failure. That was aid promised from the U.S. and Britain, which presumably was well...
...most vital jobs in the Far Eastern Theater, the Allies got two new, relatively young commanders. Posted to command of Burma was Lieut. General Thomas Jacomb Hutton, a 51-year-old, crop-mustached professional who was wounded three times in World War I, has since got the reputation of being one of the finest strategists in the British Army...
...question of whether or not he can be of greater service by volunteering for active duty, or by taking another path, can only be settled by each person for himself--settled on the basis of the best evidence he can command and in the light of his own convictions...