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...following men were selected to occupy billets during the Semester leave: Michael J. Kingsley--New York Navy Purchasing Office; Lambert Kaspers--Thompsonville, Staton Island, New York; John A. O'Hara and Arthur A. Aschauer--Navy Aviation Supply Office and Depot, Philadelphia; Ben B. Graves--Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Washington; Mortimer J. Roth--Commander, Air Force, Atlantic Fleet; and John E. Keery--Boston Navy -Yard...
Lawrence Charles Antonellis, Jr., (Mathematics and Economics), Edwin Turner Baker (History and Literature), Gilbert Corwin (Geological Sciences), Edward William Garrison (Engineering Sciences), Norman Kingsley Mailer, William Artyn Main (Economics), Alan Lee Reade (Mathematics), Samuel Boice Richardson, Jose Nicasio Rodrigues Feo (History and Literature), John Phillip Schafer (Biology), Robert Boone Stewart, Rolland Dinwiddie Thompson (Architectural Sciences...
...civil-service undertaker, frigid Sir John Anderson, Conservative member of the War Cabinet, spoke first for the Government. His dull, domineering gloom gave the House the impression that his job was to bury the Plan. Members gave him a rough ride. Next day, cherubic Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Kingsley Wood substituted his perky optimism for the mortician's mood. Sir John had at least approved some social-security innovations, but after half an hour's perking, Sir Kingsley seemed to be suggesting that any changes whatever would be deferred until after the war-and would be considered...
...Kingsley's quibbles after Sir John's fumbles gave Britons every right to conclude that the Government had fanfared the Beveridge report for international prestige, but had decided to squash it when it became a real domestic issue...
...just around the corner. Some M.P.s thought that Winston Churchill, sick abed with a cold and fever, would have to appear to save his Government. But a Laborite saved the day: wiry, grey-haired Home Secretary Herbert Morrison actually made no more concessions than Sir John or Sir Kingsley had made, but he stated the Government case with eloquent common sense. Morrison's clincher: Out of 23 Beveridge proposals, the Government had rejected only one (conversion of industrial insurance from a private to a public function); of the remaining 22, six had been deferred for further consideration...