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...dollars Chinese, which is the equivalent of a double-size stuffed wallet and worth about $10 U.S. (when carrying more Chinese dollars I must bring an overnight bag or briefcase along); one piece of string to keep currency wad tight; a phone installation bill of $50 U.S. (one coke in Nanking costs $1 U.S.); assorted cables from New York, etc. I leave my wallet at home, since it is inadequate...
Princeton's press box put Soldiers Field to shame. At Palmer Stadium the reporters were offered everything from coke to sandwiches to gridiron diagrams--all gratis. It may be just a subtle form or poisoning the press, but the H.A.A, might take note. Tiger Tale Told Harvard Princeton First downs 11 10 Gains by rushing 260 31 Passes attempted 9 19 Passes Completed 3 8 Gains by passes 34 196 Interceptions 2 1 Number punts 8 10 Distance punts 39 41.5 Runback of punts 34 16 Fumbles 5 5 Fumbles recovered 4 4 Penalties 8 7 Yards penalized...
...C.I.O. was still counting on the lure of the 18½? pay raise it had already won in rubber, auto and steel. But it had still found no answer to the A.F.L.'s neatest trick: a $100-reward offer for proof that the C.I.O.'s Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers were not Communist-dominated. So far, there were no takers...
...really getting somewhere? Russia's usually churlish Andrei Gromyko explained that "nobody is asking for secrets" and that what his country wants is a discussion of plans for peaceful and constructive utilization of atomic energy. That helped. Mr. Gromyko bought Bernard M. Baruch of the U.S. a 15? Coke at the hotel bar, and 75-year-old Mr. Baruch presented Mr. Gromyko with a cake, on his 37th birthday...
...IRON to STEEL. In May, the House approved the Government's motion to transfer "appropriate sections" to public ownership. After further study, a bill will be offered, probably recommending nationalization of iron ore, coke ovens unaffected by the coal bill, pig iron and most steel ingot manufacture, heavy rolling mills and some finishing plants. Just where the line can or will be drawn is a question. Meantime, the Government will appoint a Steel Control Board to oversee the industry and insure raw materials supply, and may carry out modernization schemes taken from the industry's own plan...