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...defense expert. Intended as the brains of defense, SPAB has turned out to be just another feeble tentacle of the hydra-like monster. Donald Nelson, its executive director, has no vote in its councils. Moreover, Nelson has two conflicting jobs. As SPAB director he is boss of William Knudsen's Office of Pro duction Management. As OPM's priorities director, he is Knudsen's hired hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR FRONT: SPAB, OPM & Chaos | 12/8/1941 | See Source »

...John Knudsen Northrop, 45, has designed such crack planes as the Lockheed Vega, the Army's A17, but it became evident last week that a big part of his heart and head was really in something very different. For, like most U.S. aircraft manufacturers, Northrop is an incurable visionary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: Flying Manta | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

...Reynaud would be moved to a fortress prison for trial at war's end. Marshal Pétain harvested his grapes at Villeneuve-Loubet on the Côte d'Azur. A Fight For Freedom audience of 17,000 cheered when Wendell L Willkie and William S. Knudsen denounced Naziism at Madison Square Garden, Eddie Cantor tripped over his hoopskirts, Swingstress Ella Logan swung Tipperary, Larry MacPhail bussed her, and Bill Robinson tap-danced in a gold-&-ermine suit on "Hitler's coffin." In Moscow, U.S. Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt sent over a plate of flapjacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Hearts & Thistles | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

...Bill Knudsen knew nothing about the Conservation Bureau until its organization was complete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shakeup: Last Chapter | 9/29/1941 | See Source »

...long bout of Leon Henderson v. Bill Knudsen over control of automobile production, SPAB stepped in, stopped the fight, raised Leon's arm. Henceforth Henderson has full authority over quotas for automobiles and all other consumers' durable goods. This week he used his new powers to set the December quota at 204,848 passenger cars, 48.4% under December...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Priorities Week | 9/22/1941 | See Source »

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