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...such a rise starts another rise on its way. A million workers, most of them in the auto industry, are entitled to pay increases on the strength of BLS's report last week. Another million non-operating railroad workers became eligible for a 6?-an-hour pay boost even though more than a 2? increase would put them over the legal wage ceiling. Their contracts, negotiated since the wage freeze, did not have the government's O.K. and presumably ran counter to other segments of Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston's policy. Would he stop them? Washington...
...year is too high: it is $2.3 billion more than in 1948, when "the nation did not suffer from inadequate Government services." C.E.D. also doubts the need for a 90% increase ($1.4 billion) over 1948's spending on public works, and a $2.6 billion boost over 1951's spending on foreign aid, especially since Europe has made "great recovery...
...intend to plant 366 million acres, about eight million more than last year but four million less than in 1949. The biggest disappointment is in the prospects for corn, needed for meat, dairy and poultry production. The department wanted 90 million acres in corn this year, but farmers are boosting their acreage only slightly, to 85.6 million. Agriculture still hopes that farmers will boost plantings before it is too late, thus keep food prices from going higher...
...busiest feeder airline in the U.S. In 1950, Long reported last week, Pioneer topped all competitors in passenger miles flown (37 million), was outranked only by Washington, D.C.'s All American in revenue passengers flown. Even after a $400,000 slash in Government mail pay, Long managed to boost Pioneer's profits by 7%, turn in a tidy...
Reginald Fitz '06, assistant dean of the Medical School, said yesterday that complaints had been received about the board like but that medical students were satisfied after hearing a full explanation of the boost...