Word: makeing
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Slichter thought that Government and unions would wield still bigger power in shaping the economy, it would remain one "run, in the main, by tens of millions of consumers each buying what they prefer, and by millions of business managers each using his own judgment as to what to make and how to make it ... So long as the economy is run in large measure by decentralized decisionmaking, it can be counted on to be adaptable and progressive and to grow rapidly in productivity...
...employees' strike-won pensions. Reportedly, the findings included a blast at the "unwarranted" and "untimely" price rise, and recommendations that Congress i) require the steel companies to give 30 days advance notice of price boosts, 2) hold public hearings to determine whether the increases are justified, and 3) make a study to find ways of increasing competition in the industry, and determine whether the steel industry is a public utility, and hence subject to Government regulation...
Within the next five to ten years, CAB predicted, the majority of U.S. travelers who make trips of 1,000 miles or more will go by air. "This [trend] is certainly true of first-class travel, and the trend is already apparent with respect to coach-class travel." CAB saw one dark spot ahead: Britain is well in front of the U.S. in the development of jet commercial planes. To catch up, CAB urged Congress at least to help finance the building of jet prototype planes by the U.S. aircraft industry. Failure to do so, warned CAB, might force...
Well then, asked a clipped British voice from the floor, would the U.S. cut tariffs? No, said "Red" Motley; that was a problem that the British have to buck. Asked another: "Are you going to make it any easier for us to sell in America?" Certainly not, snapped Don Mitchell, president of Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. "Americans don't just buy things," he added. "They get sold...
...start to wonder whether it's wise," replied Motley. "The trick is to make people want something...