Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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First of all, said Fairless in a speech to the American Petroleum Institute in Los Angeles, "America cannot afford another steel strike. Much of our present difficulty is due to the fact that strikes have cost our nation 29 million tons of steel since V-J day . . ." Furthermore, "men in top-paying industries ... in automobiles, oil, rubber, and many others-have already had a raise this year, but our steelworkers have not. So our men can't see why they should be discriminated against-and, frankly, neither...
...should raise $4 billion in additional revenue, said Snyder, and he outlined a way to do it. His plan: use the average profit for the best three years of 1946-49 as an excess profits tax base. On 75% of the average profit, levy the present 45% corporate tax. On the remaining profit, levy a 75% excess profits tax. Even as he offered it, Snyder squared his conscience by making a fine distinction. He insisted that his plan was not a "recommendation" but a "suggestion." Snyder conceded that even his "suggestions" contained "inequities," that relief would have to be provided...
...underlying this individual case is the question of freedom of the airwaves. Opponents of the F.C.C. say that it does not matter whether or not Richards ordered his employees to slaut the news, since a radio station should be as free as a newspaper to present the news as it sees fit. The only limitation on a publication, they maintain, should be the possibility of a libel suit...
Since the things with which Richards is charged are so extreme, they obscure the basic issue. The present F.C.C. rules say that a station may present its views provided they are identified as editorial mat- ter and the opposition is given equal time to reply. But radio men have been loath to take advantage of this provision, mainly because of ambiguities in the commission's statements...
Serious consideration of these minor problems could knit individual outstanding freshmen into a team. It could make football more attractive to present Yardlings, as well as to the potential Yardlings who are so badly needed...