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...Nelson. Boss Nelson had held that WPB, which wound up the U.S. economy for war, should unwind it, coil by coil. Said Krug: let industry unwind itself into peacetime production in its own way. "Our private economy has to carry the ball. . . . It's not WPB's function to make work but to remove obstacles ... so that the ingenuity of management and know-how of the worker can go ahead. . . . There'll be so much production of civilian goods after Germany quits it will be unnecessary to plan civilian items in detail...
...know, the Parker House Roof is not open to Boston's salty breezes, so repack those woolies. It is really a smooth place to dance--with all the comforts of home--a cocktail bar attached, that is. Midshipmen and Senior Officers are invited to the function, which gives promise of being just what we have all been waiting...
They had abused their historic function as guiding intelligence of the German people by subjecting it to that evil thing-Nazi totalitarianism. The Frankenstein they had helped to power, their police spy in the absurd trench coat, Adolf Hitler, had at last split their solid ranks...
Both he and Coningham soon agreed on a further principle which put them ahead of the German tactics: though a tactical air force must be integrated with the ground forces, it must not be tied in piecemeal lots to ground units. Its function was massed, theater-wide blows, deep penetrations to fill the gap between tactical and strategic operations. Tactical planes were even used to cut off the enemy's Mediterranean Sea traffic...
...chosen to assist in the Council's function of representing the student body and administering its financial matters, six are here at present under naval college training...