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...popular Democratic Governor Frank Lausche at the top of a straight-ticket ballot, figured the change was worth 100,000 votes to the Republicans next fall. Democrats prepared to challenge its legality. ¶Pennsylvania became the 18th state to approve (and New Jersey the 27th state to reject) a bonus for World War II veterans. Pennsylvania will start passing out its $500 million bonus (maximum payment: $500) within the next 90 days...
...until after six months of digging and other exploratory work will Vanadium Corp. surely know whether the claim is rich enough to mine commercially. And Pratt Segmiller's strike probably is not rich enough to qualify for the $10,000 bonus which the Atomic Energy Commission has offered for the first 20 tons of 20% uranium ore. (Despite thousands of claims, none has yet qualified...
Right Speed, Right Time. Gustave Marquot considers himself un capitaliste éclairé (an enlightened capitalist). He has set up a profit-sharing plan, health insurance, a pension fund. To combat absenteeism, Marquot has instituted an "assiduity bonus"-each worker gets 150 francs for each two-week period in which he has not been absent from work. There is no union at Marquot's. About 100 of his 400 workers once belonged to the Communist-dominated C.G.T., but the union fell apart six months ago when the secretary found himself unable to collect dues. Workers' gripes...
Furthermore, the issue on which the Quenille cabinet fell was not a crucial one--a stable government could have survived it. The issue was whether or not to lift the anti-inflation wage controls to give a bonus to the lowest income groups, in compensation for rising prices. The inflation in France is considerable, but the country is in relatively good shape in spite of it., thanks to ECA aid and to the initiative of her own industry. Production now equals that in the highest prewar year...
...this does not promise well for Bidault's regime. The question on which the Queuille government fell has been partially settled for the moment with a bonus to low-income workers, but there is a strong chance that the new government will not survive the winter. And to the stability of Western Europe, the instability of France is a constant menace...