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TYPICALLY AMERICAN

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A member of the French High Commission to the United States during the war was quoted as saying that the two greatest living Americans are Herbert Hoover and Charles M. Schwab. As president of the United States Steel Corporation and Director General, during the war, of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, Mr. Schwab stands at the top of American industry today. He has had a career that business men like to point out as "typically American", a that of a poor boy fighting his way to leadership. Members of the University who are fortunate enough to hear Mr. Schwab at the Union tonight will come away with the convictions that if Mr. Schwab's career is "typically American", the phrase is synonymous with energy, farsightedness, and a delightful personality.

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