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Shades of Repeal. Last week's rise in American Distilling was so sharp that SEC began looking under desks for manipulators. Not since the wild Repeal days of 1933 had distilling shares been so popular; in fact, they were selling like bottles of whiskey. But probably SEC would find only that the market had belatedly recognized the wartime facts of distilling. All the whiskey shares were strong last week because-for the long term-whiskey stocks are scarce and the industry has finally given up hope that the Government will give it a "holiday" from producing industrial alcohol. Result...
Last week the U.S. House of Representatives finally took note of an ally named China. The House voted to repeal 15 minuscule Chinese Exclusion Acts which have been an irritation and an insult to the Chinese for 61 years. Hereafter, the Chinese would be specially favored among Asiatics. Like Europeans, Chinese immigrants would be allowed: 1) to become naturalized citizens, 2) to enter the U.S. on a regular yearly quota basis (2% of the immigrant's nationals residing in the U.S. in 1890, which, in China's case, totals 105 a year). Passed along to a receptive Senate...
...Repeal of the Smith-Connally-Harness...
...Repeal of the freezing orders on farm labor...
U.A.W. mulled these, came up with their own five-point program, which made no mention of foreign policy. Added starters: repeal of the Little Steel (wage-stabilizing) formula; equal employment opportunity regardless of race...