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...powerful and easily documented issue that the Democrats can use against Dwight Eisenhower. For when a President steps aside and gives others, whose title to authority is less clear than his, excessive control over the government, he violates what Wilson called the essential constituents of responsive democracy--"power and strict accountability for its use." And the question that the electorate should consider first of all, before deciding on the other elements of the party platforms, is whether a maturing nation and a world in revolution can afford to rely on such a concept of leadership...
...fifth and final time last week, Defense Mobilizer Arthur S. Flemming issued a blunt warning to the U.S. oil industry to restrict oil imports voluntarily or face strict Government quotas. Noting that all imports have jumped 38% (to 1.4 million bbls. daily) since 1954, and currently comprise 20% of U.S. consumption, Defense Mobilizer Flemming told importers to cut next year's shipments from the Middle East by at least1% (to 299,000 bbls. daily), also announced that he hoped to reduce imports from Canada and Venezuela as well. Though the cuts are small, the principle is important...
...Complaints concerning the 'tempo' involved high work norms, overtime (without pay, usually, for white-collar workers), long and difficult hours spent in transit to and from work, compulsory attendance at meetings outside regular working hours, precious time spent queuing up for scarce goods and strict laws of labor discipline which made one liable to strong penalties for being late to work...
While many cottonmen cry for higher tariffs or strict import quotas, the Administration is determined not to give in. Textilemen want protection, demand restrictions on Japan, which is "flooding" domestic markets with cheap finished cotton goods, forcing the closing of some U.S. mills. Actually, Japanese exports to the U.S. are barely 2½% of the U.S. cotton-goods market. Moreover, Japan is also one of cotton's best customers, bought $120 million worth of raw cotton last year from the U.S. To still the protests, the U.S. has worked out agreements for voluntary curbs, e.g., Japan has pledged...
...might be expected, some foreigners are utterly bewildered by the informality of U.S. schools, and a few Americans grow restive in the strict foreign classroom. But in general, the exchange teachers make the most of their year...