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...four whose minds were broadened were New York's James M. Mead, Georgia's Richard B. Russell, Maine's Ralph O. Brewster, Massachusetts' Henry Cabot Lodge. The fifth member of the Senatorial safari, Kentucky's backslapping "Happy" Chandler, had stopped off in Hollywood to visit his family, with no indication yet whether his mind had been broadened...
Report to the Nation. First to return to Washington were Senators Russell, Brewster and Mead, who held an immediate press conference, were interviewed over the radio. Said Maine's Brewster: "The trip proved to us that while we are going to win the war, we are not prepared to win the peace." Said Georgia's Russell: "It is up to Congress to get busy on evolving a policy. There are many problems which will come up immediately after the war ends that ought to be prepared for in advance. Otherwise we'll be sorry...
...beyond the three-mile limit as experts. They had been in the way of the war at times, had been a headache to the military. But they had come back with one lesson deeply engraved: World War II is a long way from being won. Said Maine's Brewster, summing up: "Our soldiers know how tough this war is. We ought to know how tough...
When Shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser took over management of bogged-down Brewster Aeronautical Corp. last March (TIME, March 29), many a U.S. businessman, weary of the Kaiser legend, could hardly wait for him to fall on his face. Last week they smirked with anticipation. Evidence piled up that Brewster, which has knocked out four managements in two years, was softening the miracle man for the kill...
...promptly ordered the "unconditional return" of all strikers. The Johnsville strikers did not obey. But when local U.A.W. leaders tried to spread the strike to Brewster plants at Long Island City, N.Y. and Newark, N.J., they found WLB's threat effective. Workers from the two Long Island City plants meeting in New York's Queensboro Arena, turned down an immediate strike call, voted instead to abide by the law calling for a 30-day cooling-off period. Next day, the Johnsville strikers went back, with nothing to show for their walkout except four days' lost production...