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It was Beria who expanded the slave camps and exploited the labor of prisoners in the interest of the state, a system which developed to the point where, cautious students of Russia estimate, not less than 15 million people are forcibly engaged. He also developed the military arm of the...
Died. Otto Lebrecht Meissner, 73 ("Sphinx of the Wilhelmstrasse"), enigmatic Man Friday to three successive heads of the German state after World War I; in Munich. Meissner got an Iron Cross in World War I, in 1923 became Socialist President Ebert's trusted State Secretary, was kept as confidant...
Embroiled in the struggle for power in the Tredway Corp. are five vice presidents. They are Jesse Grimm, the up-from-the-bench production man who demands perfection from his machines but is "too quick to excuse the lack of it in his people"; Don Walling, the fair-haired boy...
In the 1920s, Fine became friendly with a Philadelphia lawyer by the name of Francis Shunk Brown. Brown wanted some day to run for governor, and discussed his plans with Fine. The boy from the mine patch was thrilled to be the confidant of so big a man. "I felt...
The Dissent. It was left to Chief Justice Vinson, Harry Truman's close friend and confidant, to build a case for the seizure. He took an hour to read his 44-page opinion in a voice that was often raised with emotion and occasionally heavy with sarcasm. Vinson flicked...