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...items imported by the U.S. on which concessions were granted, most important for Argentina were flaxseed, canned corned beef (fresh beef is still excluded), cattle hides and a new set of products formerly imported from Europe (wines, cheeses, anchovies, etc.). The 50% cut on canned-beef tariff (from 6? to 3? per Ib.) aroused the usual speaking-for-the-record opposition by beef-State Congressmen, but it meant little. Said J. Taylor, president of the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association...
...tickled to death . . . [nor] are we greatly worried. . . . We don't believe [it] will result in any increased consumption of canned beef in the U.S. The biggest effect will be cheaper prices for the Army and Navy. . . . The Government has been mighty good to the cattle man. ... If a concession to Argentina on canned beef and hides will contribute to hemispheric unity, then the cattleman is ready to make that sacrifice...
...Maltese Falcon (Warner) is frighteningly good evidence that the British (Alfred Hitchcock, Carol Reed, et al.) have no monopoly on the technique of making mystery films. A remake of Dashiell Hammett's hard-boiled mystery, it is rich raw beef right off the U.S. range...
...President greeted him with the melting charm that only a Roosevelt can muster, touched his heart by inquiring about Mrs. Doughton's health, asked how the Doughton beef steers were getting on at Laurel Springs, N.C. Then he mentioned the Social Security message he was preparing for Congress, topped it off with some breezy chitchat about world affairs. Mountaineer Doughton went away mollified but not wholly convinced. He thought the President would probably see part of his New Deal dream made flesh, but not his whole heart's desire...
...total ring earnings to date to nearly $2,500,000. He expects to be drafted later this month. Nova's take was 17½%, about $100,000. He is married to the daughter of a professor of botany, likes to mix his own health drink of carrot and beef juices, hopes some day to own a health resort...