Word: baldwinism
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...possible Administration objective, wiping out the Communists below the 17th parallel would involve unthinkable costs and dangers. Even to defeat the 230,000-man Communist force in the South today would probably require at least one million American troops, according to Hanson Baldwin of the New York Times and several Pentagon officials; most military strategists insist that a 10 to 1 ration manpower is essential for the success of search-and-destroy operations...
...NELSON BALDWIN...
Inevitably, the result of this squeeze has been layoffs, shutdowns and cutbacks. Last week Germany's Rheinische Stahlwerke, whose industry orders are down to a two-month backlog, cut the work week for 1,500 men. Britain's Richard Thomas & Baldwin-the only large steelmaker still nationalized-announced plans to shut down two open hearths at Ebbw Vale, thus idling 300 men. Giant August Thyssen-Hütte, Europe's biggest steel company, gloomily expects to cut its work hours soon...
...theater's past and an alertness to the world around him. Says he: "I have to have the largest possible working frame of reference. I have to know about jazz, Viet Nam, what's going on in Washington, the experimentation and adventures in tonality. If Baldwin or LeRoi Jones uses Harlem argot, I've got to know what it means." His familiarity with music and dance enables him to discuss a musical from book through choreography and score with unusual expertise. "Music is my religion," he explains. "Where others might go to church when they...
...suppose that the U.S. actually succeeded in "pacifying" South Vietnam. What then? The remaining Viet Cong could fade back among the people and wait for opportunities to strike. It would be impossible to seal hermetically the borders from further guerrilla infiltration. Hanson Baldwin has estimated that a perpetual police force of as many as 250,000 soldiers would be required to keep the country "in order." The economy would be in shambles from years of devastation; thousands would be without food. Hostility among the population would force the U.S. to rely on familiar cliques of embattled generals, out of touch...