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...time of World War IV (with Britain) the Dictatorship had abolished the 48 states and organized the country into military sections. The Joint Chiefs of Staff, "those greedy and avaricious rascals," became the U.S. Politburo. Thus, the military ruled the new "Democracy," assisted by an executive echelon of bureaucrats and supported by the petted farmers...
...trouble, said Woods, is a lot of squabbling "second-echelon moles" holed up in the Critical Areas Committee, the group responsible for deciding which areas should get the benefit of relaxed credit restrictions and other Government housing aid. The squabbles, said Woods, are made worse by constant pressures from Congress, the real-estate lobby and other interested parties...
...President Folsom handle most executive details. Folsom is thus the empire's only heir apparent, but at 57, he is close to Sarnoff's own age. There are a few able younger men coming up, but RCA's major weakness is lack of a solid second echelon of younger executives. Its size often makes it hard for RCA to turn fast enough to cope with the crack team of Paley and Frank Stanton at smaller...
...York and one man in Pittsburgh. They and four others-missed in the first day's roundup -were indicted under the Smith Act by a New York federal grand jury, on charges of conspiring to teach and advocate violent overthrow of the U.S. Government. They were the second echelon of the party's high command. Presumably they would take up the U.S. party reins when the eleven Communist bosses (convicted of similar charges in 1949) are sent off to prison. Among them were familiar figures: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, 60, national committee member and New York Daily Worker columnist...
After quietly poking around in 16 Army camps and indoctrination centers, the Senate Preparedness subcommittee this week concluded that the Armed Forces still have too many chairborne troops. Of 95,784 rear-echelon troops, the subcommittee reported that 40,093 (more than two divisions) are "engaged in purely housekeeping functions, most of which could be handled by limited-service personnel, women or civilians." Some of the remaining 55,691 men could also be fitted out with rifles and sent to line duty. The subcommittee's conclusion: "In other words, sitting at desks, working in kitchens, carrying messages, driving automobiles...