Word: batt
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Died. William Batt, 79, longtime (1923-50) president of Philadelphia's S.K.F. ball-bearing empire, who as a National Defense adviser in 1940 blew the whistle on U.S. industry's initial "business as usual" policy, snorting "you can't stop a fleet of tanks with a row of electric ice boxes," later as deputy commissioner of the War Production Board under Donald Nelson swiftly commandeered the essential raw materials needed to get history's biggest arms buildup under way in quick time; of a stroke; in Delray Beach...
...praise to the hardworking, intelligent community leaders who have helped Hazleton back to economic stability. But let's not forget that their work could not have been accomplished without considerable aid from the state of Pennsylvania and the Federal Government. Which is as it should be. WILLIAM L. BATT JR. Administrator...
WILLIAM L. BATT JR. Secretary...