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...decided that his duty to Arsolians lay with that party whose avowed program was to spur Demo-Christians to speed up reform: Giuseppe Saragat's anti-Communist Socialists. Within a few days he had founded a local Socialist Party section. Arsolians rushed to join. Socialism gave them the right to call Vittorio "Comrade," rather than "Excellency." So ingrained is their respect for the Massimos, however, that many compromised (as Socialists will) and called Vittorio Compagno Eccellenza-Comrade Excellency...
...boom began in World War II, when the river took some of the strain off the overworked railroads. The 40% postwar rise in rail freight rates was a greater spur. Now a ton of oil can be shipped on the river from Baton Rouge to Pittsburgh for $6.02 (compared to $12.62 by rail), a ton of steel from Chicago to Houston for $6.04 (compared...
Nevertheless, most western industrialists, who had once felt that their prime need for cheap steel could be served only by plants owned by Westerners, were now willing to go along with the new setup. The expansion in Big Steel's western fabricating facilities was expected to spur its Geneva plant to produce at capacity (1,300,000 tons a year). Westerners hoped that the added volume would help bring down the price of western steel...
...most compelling spur to reforms by the new government was the watchfulness of Italy's voters. A middle-aged shopkeeper in Rome's Trastevere slum district put it this way last week: "I voted for De Gasperi because I don't want to see Communists in power. But if we don't get something out of it this time, I'm going to vote for the Communists and see what they...
...years have been able to produce such marked advances, what could not five years of security and freedom from worry produce? But compulsory subscription for more than five years could possibly be injurious in the very ways mentioned above. A time limit would act as a spur for future staffs, and a vote at the end of five years might either be a vote of confidence renewing the time lease or a hearty condemnation which would reopen all of today's arguments. A term less than five years can only be nerve-wracking for any editor who knows that...