Word: thau
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...studio formalities were a human test before the screen test. Deborah and Tony arrived shortly before noon. The first order of business was meeting Benny Thau, padishah of new talent and liaison officer between Mt. Olympus and sea level. Benny was most cordial. Casually Gable strolled in. One by one, Benny flicked the switch to all the members of the High Council-Eddie Mannix, Sam Katz, Howard Strickling, Arthur Hornblow. One by one they filed in to look over their corporate purchase. They were charmed by this lovely girl. They recognized her at once as a lady. They thought that...
...conferred last week with Franklin Roosevelt. Preliminary action there was, and of a kind to please U. S. businessmen. From Mr. Stettinius, the President ordered a thorough overhaul of the complex, tape-bound Federal procurement setup. Franklin ("I'm the boss") Roosevelt eased Secretary of the Treasury Morgen: thau out of Mr. Knudsen's way, giving him a free hand to tackle his enormous task of upping aircraft and aircraft-engine production to the still astronomical figure of 50,000 a year. Also promised to Commissioner Knudsen was authority to oversee and coordinate the letting of important contracts...
...brief struggle within the Inner Circle for control of the aircraft program, Tommy the Cork had backed Federal Lender Jones against Secretary Morgen thau, who hates The Cork's guts. Messrs, Jones & Corcoran had sought control through vast RFC loans to the air industry; Mr. Morgenthau contended there were no bottlenecks within the industry, there was no bottle. He wanted a new aviation industry, set up on a mammoth scale, and the President agreed with...