Word: nelsons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...microphone in Washington last week stepped Donald M. Nelson, the man who is executive director of U.S. defense (although he has no actual power-another thing that drives plain citizens crazy). What he said would in ordinary times have rocked the country like an earthquake. Said Mr. Nelson: The defense program is taking about 17% of the national income. To defeat Hitler in the next three years, the U.S. will probably have to put about 40% of its income into defense. It is quite possible that the U.S.people will have to do without necessities as well as luxuries...
...Nelson did not say that it would happen. He merely said that it may happen. The newspapers buried his words on an inside page. The Average Citizen, his breath dubious, dandruff scales on his shoulders, his feet hurting, his son in the Army, his paycheck riddled by taxes, charities and higher prices, his dinner cold and leftover because his wife was out British-Bundling or Red-Crossing, picked up his newspaper, mechanically noted that, as usual, things would soon be worse, and turned to the football scores...
...Spike Nelson, the head coach, has a very acceptable list of backs in spite of the loss of Willoughby because of a recent injury. Two unheralded but promising Sophomores are Taylor and Ferguson who alternate at the tailback spot...
Figures or no figures, Don Nelson last week formulated his allocation technique: 1) OPM's "end-products" industry sections are to huddle with their industry representatives, develop a "requirements program" for each industry; 2) the "end-products" sections are then to discuss their needs with the OPM raw materials branches involved, scale them down if necessary, but arrive at some minimum figure; 3) OPM's Industrial Conservation Bureau is to advise on possible simplification, substitution etc.; 4) SPAB is to get the finished program, send it to Priorities for actual allocation of materials...
...hoping he will fail, to cuckold himself. The demands of this ticklish situation (used by M.G.M. with minor changes) are simply beyond the histrionic capacities of the picture's two principals: wholesome, husky Risöe (rhymes with Pisa) Stevens, young (28) Metropolitan Opera demidiva, and dimpled, impassive Nelson Eddy, 40, who looks like a Midwest swimming coach...