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¶ Schwellenbach's pleas for seizure of the strikebound J. I. Case Co. and Allis-Chalmers Corp. were answered this week with a flat White House refusal.
Last week the bonus was knocked in the head again. Ohio's Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) common pleas court upheld a Republic stockholder's contention that the extra $51,000 was too much of a good thing, ordered bluff Tom Girdler to give it back. Judge Stanley L. Orr...
Harry Truman could view the sad results of political expediency and appeasement, which began when he ended rationing after V-J day, granted labor its demands for wage boosts, and then tried to hold prices with OPA, hoping production would pull the country out of its hole. Congress axed OPA...
Pleas for housing facilities have been numerous and varied in method. Each of the Boston commercial radio stations have allotted to the cause on 15-minute broadcast monthly plus many spot announcements, and Boston's newspapers have carried the appeal. Letters have been sent to brokers, enlisting their aid; and...
Said General Eisenhower to Congress: "Gentlemen . . . any gamble with the national security of the United States at this time is a gamble with the peace and security of the world." Despite this and other draft-extension pleas from President Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes, Congress could hardly bring itself...