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...constitution. It was described with understatement as calling for "a democratic electorate at the bottom checked by an aristocracy at the top." Actually the electorate was to have a voice as weak as in Germany, Italy or Russia-as can be seen from a diagram of the proposed Governmental framework...
Regulation No. 1, announced by Ed Stettinius the day his powers were taken over by SPAB, should have been the first rule of priorities long ago. It provides the framework for a real, working system of control by: 1) requiring manufacturers to accept defense orders no matter how busy and prosperous they are with civilian work, 2) prohibiting accumulation of inventories beyond normal levels...
Between two devastating defeats, Norway and France, Britons quietly won the one victory without which they could not hope to survive in World War II-they liquidated the class war in England for the duration. Entirely within the framework of their democracy, Britons freed themselves of those fatal tensions and cleavages that plague other democracies, paralyzed France. The miracle of Britain's outnumbered defense was made possible by the miracle of British class collaboration...
...beat the Nazis to their knees, to organize the 132,000,000 self-respecting people of the U.S., to gear in the 412,000 corporations of the country, to do it within the framework of democracy, to see the end, to will the means, to overcome the shortages and deficiencies...
...time Jax turns a fledgling loose in a "yellow peril" (primary trainer), the Navy has fashioned him into the rough framework of a seagoing man. He says "Knock off the chatter" when he means shut up, "shove off" when he means leave, calls the floor "the deck," tells you to "bear a hand" instead of hurry up, describes things as "squared away" when they are in order. From 5 a.m. reveille to 9 p.m. taps, he takes orders and gets little thanks. He learns not to resent the peremptory nature of commands, comes to see that brusqueness and military efficiency...