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...Long John built California's Palms Tunnel No. 1, the Denver water district Jones Pass tunnel. Then he tackled the tough, six-mile Cripple Creek Carlton tunnel. On that job he flabbergasted veteran construction engineers by holing through in two years (the best estimated time was four to eight). This put Long John in the rockhog hall of fame. Two years ago he started the western end of the Alva Adams tunnel, a 13-mile tube 13,000 ft. beneath the crest of the Rockies. The Adams tunnel Government project intended to carry enough water from Grand Lake...
...member of the Administration, did not have to change his working habits. He still drew a salary of nothing a year, which is all he needs. In his new job as consultant to Czar of Czars James F. Byrnes, he still operated from his rainy-day office in a Carlton Hotel suite, from his sunny-day office on a Lafayette Park bench, prodigally dispensing his wisdom, always counseling hope, always sticking to the fundamentals, talking torrentially in a rich mixture of Broadway words and the jargon of high finance. It is this talk, almost as much as his demonstrated ability...
Afternoons for Work. On the way to his Carlton-Lafayette Park offices, Baruch always shares a cab, always strikes up a conversation, always gives the cabby a dollar...
...Carlton, he always stops to make a few jokes with the girl at the cigar counter. Then he takes on the long round of visitors and telephone calls. (It is not unusual for three Administration czars, the White House, a horse owner and a suppliant hostess to phone him, all inside 20 minutes.) The sound of a buzzer, announcing a new caller, is stimulating to Bernie Baruch. He adjusts his hearing device, turns the battery in his vest pocket to full volume, and goes to work. He has a way of making all visitors, even the low liest, feel...
...never be said that there is ever a dull moment at the Statistical School. For example, the most important news of the week is the transfer of Lieutenant Carlton L. Ericksen to San Antonio, Texas. Lieutenant Ericksen has been attached to the Statistical School since last October, acting as Physical Training Officer, Assistant Adjutant, and Adjutant, plus many other duties. While at the statistical school he had proven himself to be an efficient officer and a good friend to all the students. The faculty, cadre, and civilian personnel will miss his big-heartedness and friendliness...