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At his press conference, the President said he still hoped that no special session would be necessary. He had a plan of his own to meet at least part of the crisis. The solution, said the President, was conservation of food. He had appointed a 26-man Citizens Food Committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Waste Less | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

It is in the latter part of possible Council action that University residents will most feel the pinch. Specifically, conservation steps would encompass eliminating dessert at noon meals and more importantly in the light of Government stress upon wheat conservation, passing by wheat cereals on the breakfast menu and dispensing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Waste Line | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

This approach clearly could not succeed without wide student approval. The Council must swing into action on existing long-range plans by immediately polling in the dining halls. If the student body lends a mandate to conservation, the Council could then present the University with its final proposals-and ask...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Waste Line | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

In Nanking, the Government announced "thrift and austerity" decrees to save dwindling foreign exchange and increase efficiency. The Government payroll (on which, a Cabinet spokesman estimated, some 18 million Chinese, including Army and students, now depend) would be reduced immediately. Food, cloth, gasoline and newsprint would come under new rationing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: The Ivory Tower | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

Requiem. U.S. exports, which started to drop in June, fell another 7% in July, said the Department of Commerce, and are now down 19% from their May peak. The Department of Commerce expected exports to drop further as the world ran out of U.S. dollars. Latest dollar conservation move: Australia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facts & Figures, Sep. 15, 1947 | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

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