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...dissolution' of the Communist party, which set so many naive minds at rest, marked the beginning of a Communist conspiracy in the U.S. which is far more dangerous than the original party ever was to our institutions ... an astute and unscrupulous conspiracy to lay the groundwork for eventually seizing political power in the U.S. and transforming this country into a Communist dictatorship...
...West Pointer to instruct in infantry tactics at the Military Academy, where his example of perseverance was cited to discouraged cadets. He got an early lesson in air-power potentials when he instructed Langley Field officers in infantry tactics (and the experiences came in handy when he laid the groundwork for the first...
Doug and Bill. Since Halsey had been in the Honolulu conferences with President Roosevelt and General MacArthur, he was unofficially nominated as the likeliest commander for naval forces to cover MacArthur's return to the Philippines. The groundwork for this leapfrog move, had already been prepared. Incessant pressure by Lieut. General George C. Kenney's Far Eastern Air Forces, said MacArthur this week, had apparently forced the enemy to withdraw his air forces westward from the Molucca Islands* to bases beyond Allied bomber range...
Transition. Groundwork for the shift was laid early this year when General Marshall ordered his personnel officer, Major General Miller G. White, to take inventory. "Counting the Army" was no easy job, had to be taken up theater by theater...
...Bradley Dewey, 67, who announced his resignation last week on the plea that his job was done. (After a short vacation in September, he will resume the presidency of Dewey & Almy Chemical Co., Cambridge, Mass.) When he succeeded able Bill Jeffers as Rubber Boss nearly a year ago, the groundwork had been laid, but synthetic plants were making about a third of what they are now. Dewey, a hardboiled, thorough man, bulled through plant construction and speeded up the synthetic program. To help him, Rubber Boss Dewey had a good team: Plant Construction Chief William E. O'Brien...