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...first it had seemed ready to mesh as smoothly in peace. Reconversion had been swift. Less than two months after V-E day, the first Fords rolled off the long assembly lines-right smack into the U.A.W.'s demands for a 30% pay boost. Young Henry has solved that by i) patient bargaining and 2) showing the U.A.W. the precarious status of the company. He hoped he had also solved the problem of increasing productivity. If he had, then the cost of making cars in his superb production machine should go down...
...were in the Army or Navy four months ago, you weren't the only one who doubted that you'd be registering today. It was reported unofficially that the War Department was predicting to the nation's institutions of learning that there was no cause to fear a sudden boost in enrollment until next September...
...Commodity Credit Corp. offered to raise the price to $3.67½, for the 1946 crop. This was satisfactory to Cuba, but Congress so far had not given the CCC authority to pay a subsidy to absorb the increase. The retail price boost was the only solution...
...Radical case: small business wanted normalcy, and Tamborini meant peace; big business was fed up with share-the-wealth decrees; some labor elements suspected Juan Perón's kept unions, well remembering how many workers the Strong Man had jailed. As for the election-timed 30% pay boost for labor (judged by some to have gained Peron a cool million votes), a taxi driver answered that one: "We earn more," he squawked, "but we spend more. It doesn't make sense...
Several uneasy pharmaceutical groups are working energetically on: a complete shake-up of pharmacy colleges; a revised, realistic curriculum and fresh faculty blood; a publicity program to boost respect for pharmacy and attract young druggists...