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...Newest in a longtime series published in Captain Joseph Patterson's New York Daily News...
...Uncle Bertie's cousin Captain Joseph Medill Patterson, publisher of the huge, America Firstish New York Daily News, Trini Barnes says: "I'm still personally fond of him . . . a nice considerate gentleman. I asked him once why he had turned his paper into what it is and he acted surprised and said he wasn't conscious of any change. I don't believe he is." Of the Captain's sister, Eleanor "Cissie" Patterson, publisher of the Washington Times Herald, end of the McCormick-Patterson party line, Mrs. Barnes says: "We seldom meet. When...
Testifying before the Senate Military Affairs Committee, Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson casually disclosed that a new U.S. fighter plane, the P-63, would go into production this year. Mr. Patterson gave no details, the War Department said engineering information on the new ship would be withheld for two weeks. Many flyers had already guessed that the plane might turn out to be a radically improved version of one of the older American fighters...
...Said Patterson: "The 1942 profit of $8,361,000 (before taxes) was over 23 times what the owners had in the business at the beginning of the year and more than 35c on each dollar of sales. It must be remembered that the company's business is financed principally by the Government." On Patterson's figures, Jahco had approximately $375,000 more profit before taxes and renegotiation than was shown in company figuring...
...Black. The profit & loss dispute depended on who put what in the profit column. Under Secretary Patterson listed as profit $375,000 of the total J. & H. salaries and other items such as $13,000 for turkeys for nonemployes. Bill Jack listed all this as "expenses," although the Internal Revenue Department disallowed them...