Reconversion Debacle Tried to End War Earlier
David Lawrence analyzes political and commercial pressure behind reconversion from wartime to civilian production. He argues timing errors by Washington worsened shortages and casualties, noting Wilson’s exit and Nelson’s replacement amid Allied and military concerns. Krug now guides the War Production Board with army and navy support.
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Rashington
Army
Navy
Lawrence
Sion
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
White House
Donald Nelson
New Deal
Paris
Europe
Normandy
Washington
J. A. Krug
System that Appeals to Most People Will Inherit the World
Robert Quillen warns that communism is organized and growing, with Russia backing the northern Chinese Communists to potentially inherit China and threaten democracy. He contrasts Chiang Kai-shek’s wartime leadership with a future under a unified Soviet-supported regime, urging vigilance for liberty and political balance.
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IICE
Moscow
Europe
America
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Russia
Quote on power and empire decline from Crabbe
A concise paraphrase asserts that not long reigns or frequent changes topple empires but their abuse of power. The remark emphasizes governance and accountability as the true danger driving civilizations to fall.
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Crabbe
The Limits of Intelligence and the Path of the Spirit
George Matthew Adams argues about the unknown limit of intelligence and urges a shift from material pursuits to spiritual renewal. He warns that by forsaking the spirit we risk losing our souls even as nations fight for life and liberty in a new world war context.
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God
Wank Morgenthau's lease and political venting in 1940s memo
Arthur Baer notes Hank’s failure to guess a number between four and 16 and mocks Democrats for repeating the same feature. He predicts Republicans will outnumber Democrats in memory by 1948 and muses about amending preambles to grant every citizen one vote and a sneeze powder over the White House transom. He recalls Jim Farley’s Maine and Vermont as rewards on graduation from reform school.
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Wank Morgenthau
Washington
Hank
Congress
White House
Taylor
Old Guard
CIO
Harry Hopkins
General Motors
NRA
War Resources Board
Council of National Defense
Office of Production Management
Lend Lease
World labor rift widens as London readies conference
The AFL and CIO clash over international labor leadership as British unions move toward a London meeting with Russian and CIO involvement. Roosevelt’s suspected influence colors AFL fears that a new "fourth international" will push labor toward Communist or government-dominated states, challenging Gompers era independence.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
London
Sidney Hillman
R. J. Thomas
Emil Rieve
New Orleans
Democratic Party
Russia
United States
Sir Walter Citrine
British Trade Union Congress
Walter
Roosevelt
International Labor
Geneva
Labor
Second International
British
Labor Party
Third International
Samuel Gompers
International Federation of Trade Unions
Gompers
Diplomatic balance and family advice on current events
An editor writes to his daughter Ellen from Bernardsville New Jersey about diplomacy, the state department, and the risk of future war. He critiques appointing heirs of Morgan Rockefeller and Labor leaders to state posts while urging study of current events and bold U S diplomacy for an orderly postwar world.
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Drew Pearson
Ellen Pearson
Bernardsville
N. J
Pearsons
Bington
White House
Joe Grew
Mr. Kellogg
Mexico
Nicaragua
State Department
Grew
Turkey
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Daddy
Roosevelt
Stet
John J. Bennett
New York
Bennett
Hyde Park
57Th and Broadway
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Hugh Johnson
NRA
Blue Eagle
Industrial Advisory Board
Wall Street
U. S. Steel
Myron Taylor
Congress
Hull
Executive Avenue
Virginia Wallace
Richmond
TVA
No Time for Perfectionism in Foreign Trade Debate
Marquis W. Childs argues the senate should not delay informing on William L. Clayton's views on foreign trade amid postwar cartelization. He warns perfectionism could block unified US policy and cites PAC, Baldwin, and critics like Stetinius, Rockefeller, and Chandler as illustrating political rigidity.
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Ashington
Senate
William L. Clayton
Clayton
Cordell Hull
Britain
Russia
Senate of the
United States
Kentucky
Sen
Happy Chandler
Nelson Rockefeller
John D
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Morgan
Archibald MacLeish
Rockefeller
State Department
Stettinius Rising Star in Government and Industry
A profile of Edward R. Stettinius Jr., tracing his path from GM shop floor to premier government positions. From stockroom worker to GM VP, NRA and lend lease leader, then to secretary of state under Truman, shaping New Deal and wartime policy with rapid, sweeping reorganizations.
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Bob Considine
International News Service
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United States
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Nelson
Germany
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Robert Quillen
Harry Truman
Stalin
George Matthew Adams
By Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Way
Jim Farley
Maine
Vermont
Reform School
George Clark
G.I
By Jay Hayden
Afl-Cio
Hasden
Italy
Belgium
Greece
John L. Lewis
John
Virginia
Princeton
John JL. Lewis, Jr
Phil Murray
Matt Woll
Miss Gill
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
J. P. Morgan
House of Morgan
House of Rockefeller
Secre
Tary
Jeaders
Joseph C. Grew
Frank B. Kellogg
J. P. Morgans
Japan
Joe
Lendlease
Marquis W. Childs
Sir Galahads
Stettinius
Political Action Committee
PAC
C. B. Baldwin
Baldwin
Chandler
High
Persnickety
Will Clayton
Galahad
United States Senate
Missouri
Bennett Champ Clark
Childs
By Bob Considine
John L. Pratt
Hyatt
Pratt
F.R
Shoreham
Dumbarton Oaks
A. A. Berle
Breckinridge Long
G. Howland Shaw
Mr. Hull
Naval ‘Hospital
Bethesda
Edmund Randolph
Advisory’ Commission
Council’ of National Defense
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