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...very exaggerated." But Sir Andrew Duncan, Minister of Supply, shared Lady Astor's misgivings. He warned Britons to "behave in a dignified way and not become inebriated." Nevertheless, pubs and bars continued to lay in stocks, while brewers advised them to save 20% of their Scotch whiskey quota for victory celebration...
General Marshall had to add 25,000 men to Ike's January quota to help replace his 40,000 casualties in the Bulge. He further increased the flow of infantrymen to the theater by shipping the infantry regiments of a number of divisions still in training, in advance of their artillery regiments. Taking other measures to meet a continuing crisis, the War Department has asked Selective Service to increase draft calls to 80,000 in January and February, 100,000 from then on; has reduced the training period from 17 to 15 weeks...
...Works. A.C.B.'s money-gathering technique, polished by some 2,200 campaigns, is typical of the philanthropic finance industry. Its keynote is careful organization, its first rule: set the quota just high enough. The staff organizers and publicity men are briefed by the firm pres ident on the upcoming campaign. Then an impressive committee, headed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, if possible, is lined up and plugged in press & radio...
...raise $100,000 for the Jerry McAuley Water Street Mission in New York, a wealthy coal dealer picked up his pamphlet entitled: The Man Nobody Knows. Profoundly moved by it, he leaned over and whispered to the chairman, who blanched, then bounced to his feet to quaver that the quota was achieved and the drive over...
Every mile of road had its quota of trucks stopped for repairs, with mechanics under the chassis or the hood, and frigid passengers thawing themselves by the roadside with a fire of rice stubble. Some vehicles were parked for the evening with passengers and crew sleeping underneath for shelter against the wind. Others had broken down completely. They had been stripped bare of every useful article-tires, lamps, seats, even motors. Abandoned beside them lay cargoes of bombs and ammunition, shining and useless in the biting cold...