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...Bootstraps. Rockefeller agreed, stipulating that the commission remain nonpolitical. Then, ignoring legislative recommendations that an $8,000-a-year man be hired to administer the program, he went out and hired two topflight members of the Baltimore Association of Commerce. William Rock. 52, and William Ewald, 34-for $20,000 and $12,000, respectively. By the time he had gathered the eleven members of his staff, the state appropriation of $127,500 had already been spent. Rockefeller asked a newly formed Arkansas Industrialization Panel of 100 men to kick in $100 each, started things rolling with a $5,000 contribution...
Died. Field Marshal Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, 73, German World War II tank commander, exponent and early practitioner of the blitzkrieg; of circulatory difficulties; in a Russian prison camp. Product of the Prussian military caste, Von Kleist contributed decisively to France's swift collapse by sending his Panzer divisions racing around the northern end of the Maginot Line. In 1945 he surrendered to two American soldiers (to avoid being captured "in the presence of common, retreating German soldiers"), was sentenced to 15 years as a war criminal by the Yugoslavs, who then turned him over to the Russians...
...lauded for his half-lecture, half-discussion sections; many, however, thought him too esoteric. Straus, although not inspiring, "knew his stuff" and was considered very competent. A sense of humor and a great deal of erudition won praise for Sutcliffe, but some found him a poor discussion leader. Ewald is described as eager to aid his students, but "too tolerant of some of the more ridiculous ideas offered...
...lauded for his half-lecture, half-discussion sections; many, however, thought him too esoteric. Straus, although not inspiring, "knew his stuff" and was considered very competent. A sense of humor and a great deal of erudition won praise for Sutcliffe, but some found him a poor discussion leader. Ewald is described as eager to aid his students, but "too tolerant of some of the more ridiculous ideas offered...
...Besides Blackmer the study's fourman committee is composed of Thomas R. Ewald '51, Archibald C. Sponcer '51, and Thomas C. Price...