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...manufacturing setup is probably the most remarkable in the country. Its basic idea is a pet Ford word, decentralization. Ferguson has built up a system of manufacturing 46 farm implements to go with its tractors through 105 subcontracting plants scattered throughout the country, close to their markets. Example: the Towner Manufacturing Co. of Santa Ana, Calif, makes offset disc harrows for orchards, because the biggest orchard market is almost in its back yard...
...Hick." One of Hopkins' friends who has made a fortune as a judge of character has said of him: "Harry is a hick. Harry will always be a hick. He still gets a small-towner's thrill out of going to a New York nightclub and spotting famous people." Yet Harry Hopkins is certainly as sophisticated a hick as ever came down the road: the hayseed on him has charmed more notables than an ascot tie ever would have...
...Grumman plant. Roy has seldom got far away. Four years at Cornell (he worked his way through) and three years in the Navy as a World War I seaman and pilot - he was a lieutenant (j.g.) when discharged - failed to loosen his Long Island roots. He has a small-towner's taste in clothes, usually wears blue-striped shirts and striped ties. He is particular only about his shoes, which must have thick, crepe-rubber soles (he bought ten pairs just before World War II began). These bulky sneakers are easy on his feet as he shambles over...
...crooner (a crooner is someone who sings as if something were wrong with his throat) came in a special coach. Have we lost our balance to such an extent that we make heroes of film actors and music-hall luminaries at the state expense?" Twitted a Cape Towner: "Please, Mr. Sauer, don't be beastly to Mr. Coward." Twitted Coward, observing that in his wartime travels he had been rumored to be both an admiral incognito and a secret agent : "Fortunately for my self-respect, nobody's ever called me a politician...
Taxes. Well aware that they must pass the biggest tax bill in U.S. history, Congressmen pored over plans and statistics. Mused "Muley" Doughton: Congressmen were doing nothing else but answering letters on the Ruml pay-as-you-go plan. Said Massachusetts' Allen Towner Treadway: "Pay-as-you-go collection of income taxes is absolutely imperative...