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...their husbands' shoulders to find the right place to make their mark; the men were as fervently convinced as ever that P.R.I, allegiance and patriotism are one and the same thing. The only glimmer of hope for P.A.N. was in a few tight, undecided local races that might boost the P.A.N. total in Congress (from the present six seats in the House of Deputies, none in the Senate...
...dangers of bureaucratic interference with science, leading to loss of freedom by scientists and universities, and of bureaucratic lassitude." But the committee warned that NIH should not go on expanding research inside its own walls, which now house 6,700 employees, including 900 M.D.s and Ph.D.s. Instead, it should boost its support to outside institutions...
...Doctor an Hour? But before anybody can boost research to rocket speeds, the committee pointed out, the U.S. must more than double the number of people engaged in it-from 20,000 to 45,000. And this means not only more technicians but more physicians, whose training is long, costly and difficult. The U.S. must train 8,900 new M.D.s every year by 1970, as against 6,800 a year now-which will mean setting up 14 to 20 new medical schools. Personnel is already in hen's-teeth supply, causing barefaced piracy. Merck's Connor quoted...
...retailers of cutting prices. What cutting they have done has usually been in the form of special discounts or temporary reductions. On the other hand, some industries that a few months ago talked loudly about raising prices have suddenly turned mum. The aluminum makers, who once discussed a boost as of Aug. i, when they must automatically raise wages, last week said they had not made up their minds what to do. At week's end, steelmakers still could not decide about their prices. One small steel firm knew what it had to do. The Alan Wood Steel...
...Francisco's venerable Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi pants) has long held out against sales contests, gimmicks and giveaways, convinced that the only way to boost sales is to get the salesman to work harder. Last week Strauss & Co. broke tradition and decided to give its salesmen one big reason to work harder: a sales-incentive program for its staff that pays them a cash bonus for new accounts or sales over quotas. In so doing, it joined the growing number of U.S. firms that are putting new stress on sales-incentive programs to combat the recession...