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Southern railroaders grumbled that they could not afford the loss in revenue the cuts would cause; Northerners complained that a boost in their rates merely to help the South & West was a penalty for efficiency and natural advantages...
Last week, confident of his hold on the industry, Mr. Hooper announced a boost in prices, as of July 1. Hooper's fortnightly "telephone coincidental" surveys will cost subscribers an average 15% more...
...Paul Shafer: "A year ago the Republicans fought rent control. The Democrats were for it. If they were crazy last year, why should we be this year?" Big-"city Congressmen were just as angry for the opposite reason. They claimed that a provision permitting a 15% rent boost in return for a two-year lease was putting a shotgun in the landlord's hands...
Criticisms gathered by William L. Bruce '46's investigators in the first weeks of operation centered about lack of variety in menus and "unappetizing" preparation. Undergraduates have alleged that with no boost in costs, meals could be made more appealing by varying salads, dressings, vegetables, and the basic menus themselves...
Actually, doubling Winchell's newspaper income "means little" to Winchell, said Variety, since taxes had taken all but $6,000 of his $130,000 radio pay boost. "Accordingly, if Field could do something about a stock interest for capital-gains purposes, or any other method where he 'could keep a few bucks,' that would be something else again...