pynchon-l-digest V1 #128

[Ted Samsel]

> 
> Bob Norton <rnorton at flash.net> writes:
>  
> > >This was much more common than we postwar naifs might suppose.  Many U.S. 
> > >corporations continued their business operations in Nazi Germany 
> > >throughout the war; I forget which U.S. aircraft company it was that 
> > >maintained its relationship with Messerschmitt all through the period 
> > >when pilots in its airplanes were being shot down by pilots in 
> > >Messerschmitts.  And no one ever even whispered the word treason.
> > >
> > That would be good old General Electric. They received an enormous
> > settlement from the U.S. about 10 years ago for daring to bomb their
> > Messerschmitt plant. I wonder if it was in litigation for the full 40 years?
> 
> This smacks of Milo Minderbinder here, foax.
> 
> Craig Clark

Just think "Billable hours".

Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net  *1996* Year of the Accordion~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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