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Third and most important is the international question of the post-war status of U.S. airlines which pioneer and fly wartime routes over British soil. The U.S. is pouring millions of dollars and invaluable aviation know-how into huge air bases on British territories, such as Bermuda, the Fiji and the Solomon Islands-yet to date there is no assurance of landing rights after...
...give Brazil now in the way of machine tools which Brazil needs if she is to increase her industrial output immediately. But in terms of the future the prospectus goes the limit-provided that Brazil can get from the U.S. one priceless intangible: technical skill and know-how; and one tangible: capital equipment. How she is to get these two things, and whether her development will involve American private enterprise or will be a huge Government project, Engineer Cooke leaves extremely vague. All he would say as he packed his bags for the U.S. was: "After a few weeks here...
...undreamed of by the rough, tough pioneers who pounded the old Pontchartrain Bar. Today, the only secrets in Detroit are war secrets. Competitors share experience, swap tools, ideas and even skilled men to roll out production faster. In September they awed a British aircraft mission by agreeing to swap know-how across the Atlantic...
...board of Administration stalwarts when he became Director of Economic Stabilization. Four days later, Franklin Roosevelt added six more: to represent labor, farmers and management. Five were well-known presidents of well-known pressure groups.* Least known to the U.S. public, but highly respected in Washington for his practical know-how, was the sixth: bald, outspoken Ralph E. Flanders, 62, a shrewd and independent Yankee and a top-drawer engineer...
...solve this stuttering maintenance the Army needed an Army man with industry know-how. Glancy's knockabout experience had included engineering in Cuba, managing an iron foundry, a tractor and auto company, and generally trouble shooting for General Motors...