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...Republicans . . . voted themselves a cut in taxes and voted you a cut in freedom. The 80th Republican Congress failed to crack down on prices. But it cracked down on labor all right." He said there was "an exceedingly real possibility" of a boom-and-bust cycle if the Republicans came into power; "you can already see signs of it. The boom is on for them and the bust has begun...
...Atlantic City, Beatrice Shopp, 18 ("Miss Minnesota"), was named "Miss America of 1948," winning a $5,000 scholarship, a Nash car, and untold publicity. Her measurements: height, 5 ft. 9 in.; weight, 138 Ibs.; bust 37 in. Her talent: she played the vibraharp. Said "Bebe": "I am only a farm girl. I drive a tractor. I clean the chicken coops. I mix cement...
Even in good times, more than 500 of the nation's banks used to go bust every year. Since FDIC started insuring, only 404 banks have been forced to close, and less than one-eighth of 1% of their deposits were lost. In the last five years not one FDIC-insured bank has closed, and not one depositor has lost a cent...
Greenback Party: for President, John G. Scott, 69, a farmer from Craryville, N.Y.; for Vice President, Granville B. Leeke, 59, maintenance man in a South Bend lathe factory. Founded in 1874, its present program might be summarized as follows: The way to stop boom-bust cycles is just print money when it is needed...
...people who wanted "to bolster one of two previously determined conclusions: that [Wallace] is a dirty red or a fooler both ... It is possible," he wrote with heavy sarcasm, "to oppose Mr. Wallace's candidacy on sincere and reasoned grounds: believers in the theory that the boom and bust cycle is inevitable . '. . those who prefer sovereignty enforced by military means at home and abroad...