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...same soul-searching spirit, Dwight Eisenhower decided to get a new fever chart and some suggested therapy for the Federal Government. To do the job he called in an expert diagnostician last week, and revived the old Hoover Commission on government reorganization. Summoned to Washington once more, Old Diagnostician Herbert Hoover, 78, was willing, if-not pleased. "I took this job against my better judgment," he told reporters. "I'm back here from the Bohemian Grove [a private camp in California], where I was having a good time." To assist Hoover on' the twelve-man commission, the President...
...wrecked by Allied bombs during the war, last year produced 520,172 gross tons, almost 12% of all the ships launched throughout the world, and put Germany, according to Lloyd's Register, right up with Britain, Japan and the U.S.* among the world's leading shipbuilders (see chart). Handcuffed by Allied restrictions, German yards saw little activity until the start of the Korean war, when restrictions were taken off. Shippers were quick to order in Germany, where steel prices are controlled, skilled labor plentiful and deliveries prompt. By early this year, German yards had orders...
...because recent price boosts had improved their profits picture. In 1951, price controls and allocations trimmed their margins, and in 1952 a 53-day strike trimmed them still more. Now, with all controls off, steel's indicated profits show signs of rivaling 1950's big year (see chart). Moreover, new price rises, estimated at $3 or more a ton, will be tacked on to pay for the wage boost. However, there is no certainty that a raise will mean higher retail prices for all steel products. So many items are in ample supply that steel users will think...
...Department itself pointed out, sales of all lines have risen so much that the ratio of inventory to sales is actually lower than a year ago. April's retail sales of $14.3 billion were up a bouncing 7% above a year ago. And a breakdown of inventories (see chart) shows that both retail and wholesale inventories are just about where they were last year. Most of the overall rise has taken place in manufacturing because of the necessity of storing materials for big defense orders. In a large measure, the inventory rise is a barometer of increasing defense production...
...demand, each flush of a water closet requiring eight gallons of water. Van Dorp suggested that his findings might be used as a swift and foolproof system (dubbed Teleflush by the irreverent) of rating TV programs. To no one's surprise, Van Dorp's system reveals (see chart) that Toledo's favorite is the same as the rest of the nation's: I Love Lucy...