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...situation in the French North African colonies of Algiers, Morocco, and Tunisia will see no over-night shift of policy, Warren A. Seavey, Bussey Professor of Law, said last night. Rather the particular set of circumstances call for a gradual stabilization of control, he stated...
...gratifying, too, that General Eisenhower would probably be flanked in North Africa by three crack Britons -General Sir Harold Alexander, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham. (The shift in command also sent air-minded Lieut. General Frank M. Andrews to head all U.S. troops in the European theater -with his base in England, now one long runway for bomber attacks on Germany...
...even before this latest drastic proposal WMC Director Paul McNutt had been pushing a vast program of recruitment and training. Last week from his office came two orders: 1) All men between 18 and 38 and classified as 3-A, if they were engaged in certain nonessential occupations, must shift to essential war work or be drafted; 2) WMC, largely through the United States Employment Service, will take control of important hiring in areas of critical labor shortage...
...date at which ERC orders will arrive has been subject to much speculation, but Perkins stressed that now with the recent shift in ERC policy at last straightened out, there is every reason to believe that orders will be mailed almost immediately. Under present plans all students will receive their two weeks notice before induction...
...Where students lived two to a room in Perkins and Conant, the chaplains have been crowded in six to a suite. The present figure of 6000 men eating in the 16 University dining halls could be it is estimated advanced to 10,000 by the installation of a military shift and self-service system...