Word: regularization
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ever held a responsible civilian job, all he wants is to get out. The younger men, who might otherwise have some thought of staying in, are convinced that the Reserves will get the undesirable assignments after the war. They see themselves holding down the Kwajaleins and Pelelius while the Regular Navy sails the ships and gets the good shore assignments...
...feeling was typical, began a campaign to make amends for its bungled selling job. All Hands, official Bureau of Naval Personnel magazine, last week published a letter to all Reservists from square-shooting, popular Navy Secretary James V. Forrestal. The gist: the Navy would need perhaps 30,000 more Regular officers than it has now; it hopes to get them from the Reserves...
...details of what a transfer to the Regular Navy would mean in the way of a career, Forrestal frankly admitted, would depend on future legislation. All he could offer now were three generalized inducements: 1) transfers would be made in such, a manner as to "place all of you on an equal footing with U.S.N. officers of about the same age and of the same length of service in rank"; 2) Reservists who transfer would get the best naval education in the world; and 3) they would be promised "an equal opportunity in promotions and assignments...
...been with the Boston Herald in various capacities for more than 15 years, at present filling the post of editorial writer and art editor. In addition, he is a regular Sunday writer for the New York Times, Variety critic for Boston, and columnist for Newspaperman...
Last week, as a result of Steuber's enterprise, WPB suddenly changed its mind. Beginning this month, it announced, regular manufacturers will be allowed to sell limited supplies of DDT to civilians, manufacturers producing less than 1,000 lbs. weekly may sell their product to anyone they choose...