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...Treasury's 19 advertising and promotion men under able, talkative Max B. Cook, of Scripps-Howard, had done their dazzling best to coax, lure, bewitch, shove, smash and plaster U.S. citizens into buying $15 billion in war bonds. Promoter Cook and staff used every trick in the bag - and thought up new ones. Audaciously they even had Secretary Morgenthau wangle a bond plug from Joseph Stalin (". . . help the joint efforts of the Allies to achieve victory" - see p. 36). Their goal this time: the "little man," as most war bonds thus far have been bought by corporations, banks, insurance...
...Administrator, reasoned: to the U.S. people, OPA has seemed a bully, an irritant, a source of confusion. Nevertheless, in all Washington bureaucracy, few bureaus are so vital. Rationing is necessary; price and rent controls are basic to a wartime economy. The need, therefore is to coax and cajole the citizens into liking OPA, much as tough urchins are taught to like cops...
...formed, so that each soloist will have solid support during his innings. The entries are not closed yet, and even if you play only a slide whistle, remember that Louis Armstrong has brought a new lease of life even to that unimpressive instrument, so that if you can coax a jazz solo from it, you are welcome...
...later as privates if the 3-As are tapped. Of the million men of 1-A caliber now on the lists as dependent-deferred, about 150,000 are eligible for officer training. The Army needs 75,000 new officers this year for ground forces alone, has good reason to coax worthy 3-As into its ranks...
This democratic spirit is one of the greatest strengths of the German forces. A young captain who has risen from the ranks knows from experience how his men feel, what they can do, and what their limits of endurance are. He can coax the last ounce of energy out of his unit at the moment of crisis. In the modern style of mechanized warfare carried on by small detachments, an officer's close contact with his men is of more importance than ever...