Re: GR translation: Electric Charlie’s in there now

[Mike Jing]

Ah, I see.  So that's another error in the Companion.  I should have been
more thorough in my own (re)search.

Thanks again, Monte.

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> "In there": in control of General Electric, succeeding the presumably more
> liberal Gerard Swope. Also implicitly in the circles of Washington power;
> among the "ins," not the "outs." Marvy's tone is wised-up: "here's the
> inside dope."
>
>  Wikipedia: "[GE president Charles E.] Wilson served on the War
> Production Board <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Production_Board> as
> its executive vice-chairman in September 1942, supervising the huge
> American war production effort... In 1944, after the end of the Second
> World War [!?!], Wilson stated that America must keep her economy on a war
> footing to avoid depressions such as the one of the 30's... He was
> nicknamed "Electric Charlie" so as not to be confused with Charles Erwin
> Wilson <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Erwin_Wilson>, the U.S.
> Secretary of Defense
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_Defense> under President Dwight
> Eisenhower <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Eisenhower> and earlier
> the Chairman of the General Motors Corporation
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_Corporation>, who was
> nicknamed "Engine Charlie".
>
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> V565.22-30    “Yes—” Tchitcherine breaks in: “what is General Electric
>> doing out here, by the way?”
>>         A friendly wink from Major Marvy. “Mister Swope was ace buddies
>> with old FDR, you see. Electric Charlie’s in there now, but Swope, he was
>> one-thim Brain Trusters. Jews, most of’m. But Swope’s O.K. Now GE has
>> connections with Siemens over here, they worked on the V-2 guidance,
>> remember—”
>>        “Swope’s a Jew,” sez Chiclitz.
>>        “Naahh—Bloody, yew don’ know whatcher talkin’ about—”
>>
>> Where is Electric Charlie in exactly?  Would that be the "Coffin"?
>>
>
>
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