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...into May), and partly because of the San Francisco Conference (which will probably last into May), it is clear, said Mr. King, that a general election "could not be [held] before . . . June." But he still was not saying exactly when the election would be held. "It is impossible to fix a definite date now, because it is impossible to predict the course of the war." It might not be until July. Or even later. More than anything else, Mr. King wanted to avoid, and he believed the people wanted to avoid, a wartime election...
...week's end, Brazilians were still waiting for wary President Vargas to fix the day of elections, publish an electoral code and his new liberal constitution. Vargas had not announced his own candidacy. But chances were good that he would soon decree elections, try to win in a rush before the opposition could get started...
...National Foreign Trade Council, recognizing what many cartels have done to fix prices and control production to the detriment of consumers, would have the U.S. stand firm against cartels in home in dustry. But it would permit U.S. firms to make agreements with foreign cartels, require them to be filed with the Department of State. Unless the State Department found within three months that the agreement unreasonably restrained trade within the U.S., then the deal would be blessed by the Department...
...world's tight trade combinations, the British-controlled diamond cartel is the best textbook example of how to control production and fix prices. U.S. businessmen have long been aware that if this cartel could be splintered, diamonds might become cheap enough to: 1) weigh down their wives' fingers; 2) drastically cut the cost of diamond drills, grinding wheels and other industrial tools. Impressed by these facts, Attorney General Francis Biddle last week set out to break up the cartel...
...Richardson and his associates mobilized their forces to fix...