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That was a very fine article (Nov. 2) on General Vandegrift with the exception of the implication that he is by nature the assistant type. True, he is efficient in that line, just as he is efficient on his own, as he demonstrated in command of Marines in North China and as senior officer of foreign troops guarding the diplomatic quarter of Peiping. General Vandegrift also commanded and trained the brigade, prior to taking command of the division, which he further trained, and which now fights so gallantly under him in the Solomons...
Nobody paid much attention to a report four weeks ago by the House Tolan Committee urging a single high economic commander with full power to coordinate supply (Donald Nelson's job), manpower (Paul McNutt) and economic stabilization (James F. Byrnes). Nor did bills to set up the command, quietly dropped into Senate and House hoppers, set Capitol Hill or the Administration on fire...
...still making isolationist speeches just before last week's election. Such a stand . . . makes the suggestion of his name an insult to sound Republicanism. ... If the party wished to commit suicide it could hardly do a quicker or more effective job than by placing a Schroeder in command...
MOSCOW--The defenders of Stalingrad have smashed German wedges and re-sealed their lines after a two-day battle in which upwards of 1500 enemy troops were killed or wounded, the Soviet High Command announced today...
...superb dancer and a deft light-comedian and that Rita Hayworth is. still the most ambrosial lady he has ever teamed with. But Astaire underplays his lively feet and Miss Hayworth overplays her lovely hand. Even so, Astaire's dancing has the staccato precision of a military command, and Rita Hayworth, merely walking down a staircase, is something to risk court-martial...