Word: problems
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...full report of the results obtained by the present tests and a complete description of the stations operating characteristics will be sent to the FCC for use in its hearings on the problem, the date of which still remains undecided...
...problem of Europe's refugees is one of the biggest challenges ever presented to Christian charity. For three days last week, a group of eminent churchmen and laymen met together in Salzburg, Austria to wrestle with the problem of the 300,000 refugees of German origin now in Austria. The conference, called by the World Council of Churches, decided that all refugees should be classified together, regardless of race or religion, given special stateless passports and placed under the responsibility of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees...
...World Council and its members were pleased by the fact that Protestant and Roman Catholic cooperation on the refugee problem was progressing. Taking part in the conference was Msgr. Jacob Weinbacher, chief of the Austrian Caritas, international Roman Catholic welfare organization. Said he: "When I received the invitation, I was hesitant. I asked my papal nuncio whether I should go ... whether I should merely sit or join in the talks. It is most fortunate that both churches have decided to meet the social implications of refugee work together...
...when synthetic again undersells natural rubber, a big new problem will be created. Natural rubber sales to the U.S. from Southeast Asia are the biggest source of dollar revenue for the sterling area. If that source is dried up, the economies of Far Eastern countries would be imperiled. In short, said the report, the U.S. had to make sure that in looking to its own defense, it did not ruin its friends...
Though McCarthy's request has yet to be passed on by RFC, it brought up a thorny problem of Government policy: Should RFC make such loans? The New York World-Telegram and the Sun was ready with a loud no. RFC has already lent $15 million for oil development to the Texmass Petroleum Corp. and, said the Telly, apparently RFC doesn't know that private "oil-country banks have plenty of money to lend ... If it is a good loan, how did the RFC get a chance at it? If it is not a good loan, what does...