Word: mcnutt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nominated Philippines High Commissioner Paul McNutt as first U.S. ambassador to the Philippines...
...William McNutt Thomson...
...send it sliding into the treacherous sea of independence. War had holed the uncompleted hull. Hurriedly the Administration in Washington planned a patching job. Last week, while the tools and blueprints were still being got together, it sent Indiana's slightly dented political knight-errant, Paul V. McNutt, off to Manila as High Com missioner, to straw-boss the work...
Neither the islands nor the job were new to McNutt, but both had changed immeasurably since his prewar term (1937-39) as U.S. High Commissioner. The ruins of Philippine economy were almost as visible as the ghastly wreckage of Manila. Business was virtually paralyzed, black markets had shot prices out of sight, and a confusion of currencies- prewar money, guerrilla money, invasion money - complicated all trading. Filipinos stood sullenly by without credit while the old Spanish business families and the Chinese merchants did the best they could with what opportunities they could find...
Manpower controls will also go by the board as the labor pool fills up. Within 30 days Manpower Boss Paul V. McNutt tentatively plans to suspend most of his job controls. WPB estimates that within six months 1,500,000 men will be released from war plants, plus a net gain of 500,000 from military releases...