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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When reporters later discovered Messrs. Bennett & Martin lunching together in a Ford dining room, the two stuck to their story that the meeting "just happened." Mr. Martin said he had heard that Harry Bennett would never receive Homer Martin, had called to find out whether that was so, and was "greeted very cordially." Mr. Ford "just happened" to drop in on his daily rounds. Messrs, Bennett and Martin talked mostly about the 32-hour week, which U.A.W. was trying to sell to Chrysler, General Motors and other automakers as a stimulus to re-employment...
...Corps got some comfort from the biggest "blackout" yet staged by the U.S. Army. In part of the defense sector, 66 towns were darkened to find out: whether voluntary cooperation by citizens could achieve a blackout efficient enough to baffle night bombers. Answer: No. Inability to darken scattered rural homes and keep cars off highways* in so large an area defeated the blackout. Bombers found their way with ease, theoretically wrecked Fort Bragg...
More than 85% of the students attending U.S. public high schools today must find jobs soon after graduation. Yet a large percent of U.S. high schools stubbornly maintain a curriculum designed chiefly for college preparatory training...
...After the game I wanted to meet you and also get your autograph, but circumstances prevented it. (Boo hoo!--'I'm not crying, that's rain in my eyes'). You know something--I've always been an ardent Navy fan in the past, but now suddenly find myself following the Yales. What's the answer? ('Can it be the gypsy in my soul...
Informed of the appointment yesterday, Keith said he had no specific plans as yet for the organization of the book. This noon he will have lunch with John F. Brooks '41, last year's Chairman, in order to find out the nature of his duties...