Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-20

ton who tells the British they
can't fight a war and keep their
pants pressed, at one and the same
Prayed Cuff and Of the hand
Threadbare Knee soonest and
Smart in Britain We ~ J..s
best-dressed men in England. It is
as president Of the board Of trade
that he rations clothing and DEGREES
the proud distinction Of shabby ap-
parel. 1t is now smart to be shabby
in Britain.
Mr.. Lyttleton Is managing d.
rector Of the huge and powerful
British Metals Corporatiea Ltd,
and, before taking his present
post last year, was controller Of
non-ferrous metals. Under .
wide extension Of his powers n
head Of the board Of trade, he
was enabled to take over indus
try for defense purposes and to
shift and re-alloca ate labor to any
tasks he deemed necessary. He
proceeded swiftly with his mobi-
ization Of defense resources.
This assertion of governmental
control caused the newspapers to tag
him as the "czar of industry" and
it is interesting to note that our
Edward r. Stettinius Jr. is thus
headlined, as the mandatory priori-
ties bill gives him the power to sub
ordinate all production to defense.
The extended parallel is also inter-
esting in that Mr.. Stettinius is also
a steel-master, former chairman Of
the board of the United States Steel
corporation.
England, perhaps more un-
easy and alert than We in the
distractions Of social change,
was quick to interpret this Gen.
tralization Of power IS Of pro-
found significance. Beaver
brooks Evening Standard said:
This constitutes the biggest
economic and perhaps social
revolution that this country has
faced since the breakdown Of
feudalism. In fact, we are on
the verge Of = vast experiment
in syndicalism."
Captain Lyttleton has never been
involved in any such social drift. He
is Cambridge bred, the inheritor of
a vast fortune and an ancient name,
a hard-hitting industrialist and SOL
der with a reputation for quick and
effective action in any emergency.
He fought through the World war
with the Grenadier Guards, gather
ing the D.SO. and several mentions
in dispatches. He is 48 years old.
MUCH as it esteems tolerance,
A~A this department occasionally
has noted that people who always
can see both sides of everything
New OPM Deputy Iy taken
Boss a Wonder at down with
Human Cotalyzins a d.ea, ting
or something like, and just cancel
themselves out
James L. O'Neill, appointed dep
uty director of the OPM Priorities
is an exception. The baldish, ami
able, friendly New York banker has
an instinct for understanding the 9TH
er mans point of view, and at the
same time holding to his own. It
upped him steadily in the business
world, to his present post of operat-
ing vice president of the Guaranty
Trust Co. of New York. This ambi-
dextrous vision has given him rare
effectiveness in personnel problems
and in allaying friction in manage
ment. That might have bearing
on his moving into the OPM at this
moment.
A Republican, he had a aexi-
BILE attitude toward the early
New Deal, and was loaned by
the bank as control officer Of the
NRA in December, 1894. When
the Supreme court saw only ono
side of the NRA, and not the
sunny side, il any, Donald Rich
berg moved out and Mr.. O'Neil
moved in, rs administrator. He
solved the problem Of immedi-
ate personnel by firing about
one-third Of il, but BY this time
the NRA was functioning only
to save funeral expenses. Mr..
O'Neill liquidated II in neat and
workmanlike fashion, and went
back to his bank. But he left
many friends IN Washingtoa, and
should b. helpful In breaking pfi-
ority log-jams. He b kDsWn n
q narveleas human eatalyser.
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