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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Secretary W. Stuart Symington, under whose regime the B-36 had been developed (by better power plants, etc.) from a slow but long-range aircraft into the fastest, longest-ranged, high-altitude bomber the air arm has ever owned. Van Zandt implied that there was some kind of skulduggery behind the Air Force's decision to concentrate on the B-36. He also implied that there was a plot afoot by Consolidated to absorb its unsuccessful competitors (for airplane contracts) and that, after that, Symington would resign to become boss of the great combine. Symington ridiculed the charge. Said...
...Johnson's fund-raising committee. He gave the legal maximum, $5,000. Other contributors from the diplomatic service: former Ambassador to Brazil William Pawley ($5,000); Ambassador to Argentina James Bruce and wife ($4,000) ; Ambassador to Canada Laurence A. Steinhardt and daughter ($10,000); EGA Ambassador W. Averell Harriman ($5,000); former Under Secretary Will Clayton and wife ($9,000). One who refused: Lewis Douglas, Ambassador to the Court of St. James...
Fainsod will attempt to get first-hand information on conditions inside Russia by talking to Soviet refugees and DPs who have been in the USSR recently. He will be joined next week in Frankfurt, Germany, by Paul W. Friedrich '49, who will act as a special assistant...
Approximately 50 percent of summer job seekers who have applied with the Office of Student Employment for vacation work have been placed, John W. Holt, director of the office, said yesterday...
Other retiring officers besides Patterson are: Frank W. Grinnell '95, LL.B. '98, secretary since 1920; and Reginald Heber Smith '10, LL.B. '14, treasurer since 1919. In recognition of his service, Smith was presented with a framed minute, adopted by the Law School Faculty and signed by President Conant and Dean Griswold...