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...little boy welcomes his dentist, the U.S. Army last week welcomed big, tough John Daniel Hertz, 62, sent over from his great & good friend Harry Hopkins' wing of the White House to straighten the kinks in the Army's Motor Transport Division. MTD needs 286,000 vehicles, now has only 210,000 of all types; it is also dangerously short of repair stations and spare parts. Straightening these kinks is a businessman...
...Then Secretary of Agriculture, he found a place for Milo Perkins as his assistant. Perkins did well. One day in 1939 Wallace called him up to talk about the Surplus Marketing Administration. Said Wallace: "Milo, I want you to come over and take charge of this thing and straighten it out." Milo has been there ever since. It was his idea to distribute surplus food by issuing food stamps to families on relief. Since the Lend-Lease Act went through, he has been buying food supplies for Britain...
...left his profitable private law practice when Calvin Coolidge sent him to Nicaragua to straighten out a tangle that Marine occupation had never quite unraveled. Stimson's remedy: an election supervised by the Marines. In a few weeks politeness was restored (as the Marines have...
...While sitting, lift a 100-lb. bar bell from the floor with both hands and straighten arms overhead. Ten times in 30 seconds...
...Stoop over, have 3,660 Ib. attached to back, straighten...