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Davis has prepared a statement of his suggestions for future Council action which he will present tonight. Abram said last night that "the Council should stop thinking about its role and assert itself positively...
...Mexico and Brazil. These two countries have hesitated to extend recognition, fearing U.S. reprisals. But when de Gaulle visits Brasilia and Mexico City next month, he is likely to point out that the ban on recognition has been broken, and to offer Mexico and Brazil this symbolic opportunity to assert their independence...
Despite the hostile tone of their comments, the Soviet assert that "with thoughtful Americans one always came to the same conclusion-the people of these two great countries must live in peace...
...Legislature, where they were opposed both by Democrats and by the outstate, ultra-conservative Republicans who have dominated both houses. Michigan, which Republicans often call labor-dominated, still does not have a minimum wage law, although Romney has again promised one for this year. Romney's one attempt to assert state over federal power ended when the state Attorney-General, a Democrat, ruled it unconstitutional; thus the state takes no advantage of federal aid to dependent children of the unemployed...
...which looks good in an annual report, means that 80% of what business spends for capital equipment goes for more laborsaving devices. Automation often creates new jobs-but it is eliminating old jobs even faster (at a rate of 200,000 a month, says the Labor Department). Statisticians gloomily assert that every rise of 3% in productivity means that 1,800,000 new jobs must be found for workers who are displaced. Administration economists are still committed to the belief that the best way to lessen unemployment is by stimulating production and consumer buying through a tax cut. With...