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...told prospective draftees where to report-at their regular election polling places. On the appointed day nearly 10,000,000 men appeared, were handed questionnaires, wrote on them details of their domestic and economic circumstances. Within a few days the War Department had a complete national picture of the raw material from which it was to draw its man power for overseas service...
...believe the ruble was worth more than 85? and that, although we could not take rubles out of Russia, we could buy raw furs, jewels and things like that and take them out. Well. I find the ruble is worth about 3? and that even if we did buy furs and jewels it would be illegal to take them out! I want every other American performer who is coming to Russia-16 acts in all, I understand- to get this ruble business straight before they leave New York...
...very low property taxes in the south. The proximity of southern mills to raw materials is of negligible importance and is balanced by the proximity of northern mills to the market. The NRA is working to overcome the labor differential, and time is decreasing the technological differential...
...power, favorable climatic conditions, a plentiful supply of labor, and aggressive management were the secrets of her continued dominance in the manufacturing field. But since the opening of the century, the South has begun to establish its own mills. Cheap labor, plentiful coal, and proximity to the sources of raw material give it insuperable advantages over the northern area. Under such conditions the frantic speeches of Gov. Curley and the curses heaped on the head of the innocuously innocent Wallace might cause an impartial visitor from Mars to wonder at the sanity of the northern leaders...
...industry suffers inexplicable losses in the domestic market, astute politicians hasten to Washington, and, aided by Mr. Hearst, begin to invoke the deity of nationalism against the wicked and cunning Japanese. Yet despite their furor, figures for 1933 demonstrate that the only imports from Japan of any significance are raw silk, tung oil, and fancy crab meat...