Word: controller
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...organized and carried on by 'Catholic Action'," the booklet states. "When the time comes, and that seems to be in the near future, it will be found that there are at least ten million 'fifth columnists' in America, and that ninety percent of these are under the absolute control of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy...
...Rumanian Army as easily as the German Army crushed the original Munich Beer-Hall Putsch. Last week the King might cower in his great creamy palace on Calea Victoriei while the mob screamed and the Iron Guard fired shots in the air, but the rioting never got beyond Army control. It was the Army's redheaded General Ion ("Red Dog") Antonescu who suddenly emerged on top of the pile at Bucharest...
...talked down to them. He used to come crashing into the lecture hall like a gladiator into an arena. On the day of the Great Blizzard of '88, he stamped in wearing leather boots. For him, rubber boots connoted pussyfooting. "Gentlemen," he said once, "if Communism ever gets control of this country, you be sure and get on the Committee...
Founder Booth made autocracy a prime part of the Army's tradition and Commissioner Damon has a control that verges on the absolute. He has charge of his terri tory's budget, initiates programs, promotes and transfers officers, has full disciplinary power over them. "We have rules," says he, "and they are very rigid. We feel that officers' lives should be kept apart." Officers cannot smoke, use alcohol, go to the theatre. Since the choice of a mate requires the approval of their superiors, nearly all of them marry within the ranks, rear another generation of Salvationists...
When Hop & crew walked the plank last winter into reorganization, A. G. & E. Corporation (which controls the $1,000,000,000 system's operating properties) and A. G. & E. Company (which used to control CORP.) became charges of New York Federal Judge Vincent Leibell, with SEC looking on. To insure impartiality, Judge Leibell appointed a separate trustee for Co., because its future (apart from its minority interest in some of CORP.'S junior bonds) depends on what it can get out of suing CORP. Objective of the suit: back in 1933, Hoppy had tried to escape...