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...notable cut in the Labor-HEW measure last week was the unkindest: it eliminated $31 million sought by the President for his cherished proposal to create a national Teachers Corps to work in high-poverty areas. The move reflected a widespread sentiment in Congress that economies, if any, should trim the new Great Society ventures rather than successful existing programs. Even the President's major congressional victory of the week, the Senate's grudging passage of a minuscule $12 million appropriation to launch a Great Society rent-subsidy program, was achieved only with herculean effort. Part...
...presidency to the Social ists - because the mere idea of two-party competition recalled the civil strife of the 1930s and the subsequent German takeover. But in recent months the two parties had frequently reached deadlock over the People's Party's at tempt to trim funds for state-owned enterprises. Then, after the March election, Socialist Boss Bruno Pittermann presented his party's demands for going along with coalition: continued control of the Interior Ministry and a promise that the coalition arrangement would not be altered for at least one full year...
...members appointed a panel of nine Latin American economists to study the best manner of achieving mutual interdependent development. Trouble was that the "nine wise men" lacked any real power; so a more influential Inter-American Committee (CIAP) was created. Last March in Buenos Aires, the Alliance voted to trim the nine wise men to five, and put them under CIAP as a technical committee. Last week the whole nine-man panel resigned, firing broadsides at the Alliance as they went...
...like side-view mirrors and seat covers usually have a 40% markup. >Different models in the same series are basically the same-in engine, frame, suspension, wheels and performance. Thus the listed $244.92 difference between a Ford Custom and a Ford Galaxie is spent almost entirely on chrome and trim. >When a new model is introduced, the manufacturer automatically pays the dealer a 5% rebate for old models still in stock, and this can make a difference of $200 on a $4,000 car. Knowing that this rebate is automatic, dealers can anticipate it by several weeks, and pass...
...loud and clear. For public consumption at least, Guildsman Murphy demanded as the price of merger that the publishers keep their entire present staffs on salary for at least one year-a proposal that the publishers were quick to squelch. One of the major reasons for merging is to trim costs by cutting payrolls...