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...wings and tails of many modern transports cannot be reached from the ground; rudders present so much surface to a cross wind, moreover, that pilots often find it necessary to keep them locked while taxiing. release them just before a takeoff. Most big planes, as a result, now have built-in locking systems operated from the cockpit...
Furthermore, the economy has a great many built-in supports - mostly devised by the New Deal - to keep up buying power and cushion the severity of a slump. Government price supports keep the farmer's income relatively stable ; federal deposit insurance helps prevent any 1932-type bank panics. Strong unions keep a floor under wages; unemployment insurance tides the jobless over short layoffs. While only 15% of the U.S. labor force was covered by pension systems in the '30s, today 90% are covered, and private pension plans have grown from 720 in 1930 to 14,000, covering more...
...plane has been designed by Henry Dreyfuss for greater comfort and beauty. To eliminate the "streetcar" look, he broke the interior up into three cabins, with paneled walls giving a living-room effect, put in a midplane lounge with fabric-covered sofas, and chairs with disappearing arms and built-in headrests. The plane's large, rectangular windows give 85% more visibility than most planes. The three cabins, if desired, can be used for three separate types of service, luxury, tourist and coach...
GERALD McBOING BOING (25 pp.)-United Productions of America-Simon & Schuster ($1). The little boy with the built-in sound track for a voice brings his success story from the motion-picture cartoon to the printed page...
Designed by Raymond Loewy, the National comes in two sizes (27 ft. and 33 ft), is priced at $3,000 and $3,500. Built on a steel frame instead of the usual wood, it has sheet steel sides and top, a built-in stove, refrigerator, closets, bathtub and picture windows and sleeps four...