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...wide disagreement on foreign-trade policies. U.S. delegates were the staunchest and well-nigh only advocates of free competitive trade, even though they showed no unanimous disposition to make the sacrifices postwar free trade would entail. Virtually all other delegates leaned towards cartels. Britain's Sir Clive Baillieu (pronounced Bailey) favored some control by "continuous and public review" of cartels-which he euphemistically called "trade accords...
Plain-spoken and informal, Bill Batt is the best-liked of all defense officials. Among his friends are such diverse characters as Harry Hopkins, Jesse Jones, Russian Ambassador Maxim Litvinoff, Sir Clive Baillieu of the British Purchasing Commission. Nobody calls him Mr. Batt; he is always referred to as Bill Batt-pronounced as if it were one word. When he called Jesse Jones last week, a warmhearted Texas girl in Jones's office said: "Jus' a minute, honey." All Washington thought that Bill Batt and Donald Nelson would make a good team...
...Johnson (Y), 43 ft. 1in., 1; R. Train (Y), 42ft. 6 1-4in, 2; F. A. Gentry (O). 42ft., 3; J. M. Baillieu...
...family of faces are included: 1. Footballer Remington Olmstead, University of California at Los Angeles, 2. Crewman Samuel Drury, Harvard University, 3. Shotputter J. M. Baillieu, Magdalen College (England), 4. Tackle Fil Sanford, University of Richmond, 5. Shotputter Jack Torrance, Louisiana State University, 6. Gymnast Rehor, University of Illinois, 7. Pugilist Paul Hartnek, Creighton University, 8. Highjumper A. Waley, Eton College (England), 9. Speedster Ivan Fuqua, Indiana University, 10. Halfback Harry Patch, Villanova College, and 11. Ballcarrier...
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