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...down once before and the Navy seized the yard. Indications were that Federal might turn it down again. If it did, President Roosevelt would have two choices: seize the yard all over again, or kiss WLB good-by as an effective arbiter of industrial disputes. This might be the showdown...
...coordinator of the hodgepodge, over lapping rubber agencies in Washington. Though a coordinator was badly needed and coordination was Mr. Nelson's chief aim, the effect was a squelch for Mr. Jones who, as Federal Loan Administrator, had stretched out over the synthetic rubber program. In a showdown, Nelson's Newhall will have authority to tell Texas' Jones where...
Some observers thought that Admiral Darlan had announced the agreement to give Germany an excuse to apply pressure to prevent it. Others felt that Vichy's hand was being forced by France's internal unrest. In either case, Vichy was nearing a showdown...
...naval war in the last two years. The battleship is vulnerable to air attack and must be protected by aircraft. . . . I'm not a diehard who thinks that any warship can be built to withstand air attack, but I am a die-hard who thinks that the final showdown will be ships of the line against ships of the line, aircraft being equal." The burden of the Navy's new 150,000 tons will put a terrific strain on the present shipbuilding program. But it is expected to creak through. Even though the Navy will get priority over...
...showdown, would Turkey turn to the Axis or the democracies...