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...resident memberships in the Houses has been made by Half and entry. If there is a sudden increase in enrollments, the Union may be opened once again for those living in the Yard, but it is hoped that the House libraries and dining halls will be able to absorb everyone so that the Union may continue to serve the Graduate School...
...Commodity Credit Corp. offered to raise the price to $3.67½, for the 1946 crop. This was satisfactory to Cuba, but Congress so far had not given the CCC authority to pay a subsidy to absorb the increase. The retail price boost was the only solution...
...interest the hullabaloo caused by the proposed merger of the armed services. It seems to me that the obvious solution has been neglected. If the Army is serious (which we of course assume) in its desire for a unified command, the obvious solution is to have the Marine Corps absorb the Army...
...preparing the way for new car ceilings, OPAboss Chester Bowles last week hinted that car manufacturers may be granted a small price increase. But auto dealers would be expected to absorb the increase, sell cars at 1942 prices...
...indignant letter to theUnited Steelworkers, Vice President John Stephens of the U.S. Steel Corp. turned down the union's demand for a $2-a-day increase, claiming that the company was already selling many products below cost, that it was "sheer nonsense" to suggest that the company could absorb a higher wage level without raising prices. Thereupon the Steelworkers' Philip Murray accused the steel industry of "arrogance," called for a strike vote among 640,000 employes of 766 companies...