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...been demonstrated at the second congress of 1,500 'shock-brigade collectivists' from all parts of the U. S. S. R., which has just ended its session in Moscow. . . . [TIME, Feb. 25.] As the recent abolition of the bread-card system denotes, there are ample stocks for seed and food, if needed, in the hands of the authorities. Quite recently, however, there has been a fresh outburst of 'starvation propaganda' in the German and Austrian Press, with appeals for charity for 'the unhappy victims of the Soviet famine...
Momentous is the decision of the Supreme Court to hold up action on the Gold Clause Cases. Attorney-General Cummings intimidates the Court with the warning that the whole financial structure of the New Deal will go to seed with the rest of the country unless a favorable verdict is returned. The President himself seems anxious for an early ruling. But in no uncertain terms, the Court appears to foreshadow an unfavorable stand by the unprecedented action in announcing that the customary Court routine in handing down decisions on Mondays would not be followed this week...
Rationalization. As the National Economic Council's secondarily great work. Minister Sze described its efforts toward putting Chinese agriculture on a more up-to-date basis. Typical effort: "A Commission for the Rationalization of the Cotton Industry has been established, and is promoting the use of better cotton seed, the establishment of cooperation among cotton growers, the establishment of better marketing methods; and, in general, the rationalization of the cotton industry. Cotton weaving and spinning is already a major industry in China and, in fact, employs more labor than any other of the industries of China...
...first time in four years may in time permit the U. S. to regain a $150,000,000 Cuban export market, now almost vanished. Better prices for shellac and pepper, favorites of boisterous Speculator Bernard E. ("Sell 'Em Ben") Smith, better prices for jute, hemp, antimony, caraway seed, balm of Gilead and scores of other minor world commodities will eventually result in a rising volume of international trade...
...experimenting with fertilizers, millions buying power & light systems, millions financing the sale of electrical gadgets, $100,000 trying to make soft coal smokeless. They have built roads, transmission lines, a town and a tourist camp; planted 2,751,000 trees, 7,000 kudzu vines, nine tons of grass seed; started teaching elderly mountaineers trades and have generally created more hubbub than the Valley has seen since Grant took Shiloh in 1862. Most of the Valley's 2,000,000 souls gape in awe at the everlengthening procession of TVA wonders. Some are very angry indeed...