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...blare of a dance band. G.I.s had come with their girls-a few clerks; a few debutantes, and many a "five-shilling touch" from Piccadilly in full war paint. Hedda Hopper of Hollywood was there (in one of her hats). So were Wellington Koo, Sir John (now Viscount) Simon, Lord & Lady Mountbatten and General Spaatz. With cautious restraint, Clement and Mrs. Attlee sipped gin and lemon. Herbert Morrison wandered pixy-like and alone through the garden to the huge refreshment tent, sampling a brave but pallid collation of austerity sandwiches and hors d'oeuvres. Through it all stood friendly...
...Monty. Eisenhower has a few words of appraisal on both the strength and weakness of his first lieutenant, Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery. His holding of the Caen hinge position was "masterly," but the old master was slow at the tape-the offensive launched from Caumont did not jump off soon enough. Emphatically, Eisenhower did not want Monty (or anybody else) as commander of all ground forces; he is sure that he did right in retaining that control himself...
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, heretofore a commoner with a courtesy title (because brother George was a Marquess), became a lord in his own right. George VI made him a viscount on his birthday honors list...
Soon "Sunlight" was shining around the world, and the grocer's son was a peer, Lord Leverhulme (pronounced leave-er-hume), Viscount of the Western Isles. By the time brusque, autocratic, globetrotting Lord Leverhulme died in 1925, his mercantile empire was well on its way to preeminence. By last week it had few equals anywhere in size, prosperity, diversity and complexity...
Governor of the board is William Hulme Lever, son of the founder and second Viscount Leverhulme, now 58. As his father did, he still owns the largest single block of stock in Unilever Ltd., enough to give him a working control of the company. Unlike his father, he has shown little flair for selling. Most of Unilever's plans are concocted by Geoffrey Heyworth, the stocky, handsome chairman of the board. A onetime Rugby player, he came to Lever at 18, has climbed to the top chiefly because of his rare organizational talent which has kept the empire running...