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So, concluded Mr. Voorhees: "It is clear that wage rises have greatly exceeded the production required to offset them and hence must be covered in an abnormal price rise. But the first abnormal wage and price rise starts a wave of other increases. You can see it coming today in...
Time for Squeeze. UNRRA men in Hunan find it practically impossible to determine how much rice is actually on hand. Chinese officialdom, far more conditioned to famine than to organized relief, or more concerned with "squeeze" (timehonored graft) than with efficiency, often seems utterly callous or thoroughly inept. There is...
The railroads, even though they escaped strikes, were far from happy in the squeeze between rising costs and falling traffic. Example: the Pennsylvania's net operating income of $26,346,219 in 1945's first quarter dropped way down to $2,809,926.
This week the number of unfilled applications for housing for married students passed the 1,100 mark. Officials of the University Housing Authority at Straus Hall estimate that by June the figure will rise to 2,500 and hit a peak of 3,000 in September. The gravity of the...
Tai's fabulous reputation was crisscrossed with contradictions. Though he shunned public entertainment, he liked to give lavish drinking parties. In Happy Valley, near Chungking, site of his secret headquarters, he toasted visitors with innumerable kam pels. He could down 18 Chinese wine cups filled with brandy in an...