braintruster

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James Paul Warburg, 52, politically volatile author-economist scion of the banking Warburg family, onetime New Deal braintruster; and Joan Melber, 24, his secretary; he for the third time, she for the first; in Bronxville, N.Y.

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The civilian at whom most fingers point is Task Force Chief Berle, onetime Columbia University law professor and F.D.R.'s chief Latin American braintruster from 1938 to 1944.

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Only then did the Senate win a promise that the promotion of the President's chief braintruster from a $7,500 to a $10,000-a-year job would be reported.

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Last week these predictions were justified as Franklin Roosevelt sent to the Senate as his SEC nominees the names of a former braintruster and a prominent Wall Streeter.

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Rex Tugwell, bright young braintruster, has been anxious to get a bill passed to censor the labeling and advertising of foods, drugs and cosmetics.

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