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Since 1939, the GHQ Air Force has been under the direct command of the Chief of Air Corps. Last week George Marshall changed that setup too. To the Chief of Air Corps (a post now temporarily filled by Major General George H. Brett) were left the jobs of training, procurement, research, etc. As field commander of U. S. armies, George Marshall put Delos Emmons' fighting unit directly under his own command. Farseeing military fliers thought they could see another day, when an Air officer might command an army, might even be Chief of Staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: AIR: Came the Dawn | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

...setup for determining the relative shares of hereditary and environmental factors the whole arrangement as it now stands is about as poor as it could possibly be made." The quints, says Dr. Newman, should be given different environments, since they are identical, have exactly the same heredity patterns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Twins and Worse | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

...year-men (Ottawa's swank Chateau Laurier swarms with them) unanimously declare that the U. S. is bound to have many a headache, many a defense delay unless a board or a supply department with real powers and a single head is substituted for the present Washington setup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROCUREMENT: Canadian Parallel | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

Administration Setup...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELABORATE ORGANIZATION REQUIRED TO CARRY OUT HOUSE SPORTS PROGRAM | 9/23/1940 | See Source »

...changing world and still keep our own faith in those particulars which are important. We resent the term "Isolationist" as typical of the "weasel words" used by crooked politicians, for we are trying to be "Realists" as opposed to those whose thinking is based upon a possibly outmoded European setup. We are not Pros for anything except our own general scheme of Democracy, and we see no sense in those who apparently wish us to bite off our nose to spite our face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 15, 1940 | 7/15/1940 | See Source »

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