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...posed by the fact that the U.S. is producing too much food. This domestic overabundance in a world of shortages presents us with a serious economic and political question-what to do with our surpluses. Most suggested solutions to this home-grown problem have the tendency to affect a dairy farmer in France as well as his counterpart in Wisconsin, a wheat-grower in Montana as well as a sheep rancher in Australia...
...Pearson observed: "Twice in this century Canada has been involved in a major war for periods of two years or more before our American neighbors came in. Today, I think that the neutrality of either of us ... would be unthinkable. That is a tremendous change, and one which must affect all our relations with the U.S. . . . Certain U.S. commitments, those, for instance, covering help to Chiang Kai-shek in Formosa and certain coastal islands, have not been accepted by us. But that is not saying that they may not involve us ... The fortunes of both our countries are interdependent...
Next witness was Treasury Secretary George Humphrey, who had been following the hearings closely. Humphrey decided that it was time to read former College President Fulbright (University of Arkansas) a little lesson in economics. Humphrey was frankly worried about the effects of the investigation, feared it would affect confidence in the economy as a whole as well as the market. The market, said he, is a meeting place of the ideas of millions of people. "Confidence is a subtle thing. It is built slowly and can be easily and quickly shaken . . . Confidence-or lack of it-has more...
...opinion that President Eisenhower will not seek re-election because of "a personal situation in the Eisenhower household." When he realized next day that this was quite cryptic, Butler extended his remarks: "Newspaper reports indicate that Mrs. Eisenhower's health is not too good. I believe that could affect the President's decision on making another White House...
Smithies did not believe that such an expansion would affect academic standards. "The College has been expanding in recent years and is still a pretty good place," he continued...