Word: nelsons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...home, Don Nelson won the enthusiastic approval of his boss. Franklin Roosevelt announced that henceforth Donald Nelson would be his special representative, with Cabinet rank. He would have the right to sit in on Cabinet meetings, could demand any information from any Government bureau...
...Chungking, whence he flew fortnight ago with a staff of 13 production experts, ex-WPBoss Donald Nelson was busy setting up a WPB for Chiang Kaishek. Every few days he took time out from his labors to issue enthusiastic bulletins: he had not struck a single snag so far; his goal is to double China's war production in six months. Finally he just came right out and said flatly: "This will be the best mission that ever came to China...
With a sudden rush, everything was put in readiness for Nelson's return. On the fourth floor of the grey State Department Building, a small staff and an adequate supply of office furniture was accumulated-all on the White House budget. As soon as Nelson could break away from Chungking, he would hurry back for another Presidential assignment-possibly to Moscow, where he achieved a personal triumph last year...
Lieut. General Omar Nelson Bradley, commander of the Twelfth Army Group, can get the weather forecast at any time from his meteorological staff, but he likes to see things for himself. So he keeps three barometers in his headquarters office, jots down the readings twice a day in his notebook...
Lieut. General Omar Nelson Bradley, busily engaged on the German front, was served notice by city officials of his home town, Moberly, Mo., that his 1945 auto license plates were on their way. They had assigned him license No. 1, hoping that the plates would roll into Berlin on the General's jeep before the license expired...