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Loophole to Plug. Last week, called before a House Commerce subcommittee considering the pro-Fair Trade bill of Connecticut Democrat John A. McGuire, Sawyer testified that the law is necessary to protect smaller retailers from unfair competition. After his testimony, both the subcommittee and the full committee approved the bill. It would legalize the "non-signer" clause-i.e., permit a manufacturer to bind all retailers to the prices set in an agreement with any one of them...
...preference, New York's tabloid Daily News (circ. 2,250,000) sticks to a sturdy guttural in judging the more delicate and esoteric works of man. But last week the News pulled the plug and let the adjectives flow for a new ballet...
...there was a lot of green stuff in it." Starting with two pairs of animals, he built up his herd to 1,500 in two years by buying and breeding. He put up an $8,000 laboratory, opened seven retail outlets, started a 15-minute weekly television show to plug sales of breeding pairs, and waited for the green stuff to come in. Last year, says Donovan, it came in to the extent...
...door. The room's occupants opened the door, and after a short greeting, stared in amazement as the gentleman pushed a trunk toward the bedroom, climbed on top of it, and ran his hand along the top of the bedroom door. He found what he wanted, a wooden stopper plugging a ten inch hole. The room's occupants helped their visitor take the door off its hinges, and with a corkscrew they removed the plug. Inside, they found a parchment tied up in an orange ribbon...
Winthrop Wetherbee smiled, left the room, and a few minutes later returned with Mr. Amory. Everyone present wrote of the meeting, and after signing it, replaced the scroll and plug. Now and then, an old man enters Matthews to inspect the door; the document remains there to this...