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Behind the fair's gaudy façade, the Leipziger's life was as harsh and drab as ever. The unskilled laborer earned 200 Ostmarks a month, worth just $10 in a free market. In the nationalized stores, a pound of butter cost 30 marks, a pair of shoes 70. "We all know where these fine goods in the fair are going," said one old man. "To Russia, to the 'people's democracies.' Wir krepieren-we are dying a slow death...
...were good news for Russians, who promptly went on a buying spree. But even after the cut (the fourth in 27 months), Russian prices remain high in terms of Russian wages. Ignoring the phony exchange rate, U.S. economists estimate that an American works 30 minutes for a pound of butter, a Russian five hours...
...Citizens Committee on Displaced Persons: $222,809. ¶| Association of American Railroads: $194,159. ¶ National Small Business Men's Association (which the House Small Business Committee charged last week is really a front for big business): $192,070. ¶ National Milk Producers Federation (the butter lobby): $178,161. ¶ National Association of Real Estate Boards (against public housing and rent control...
...Remember when we were rationing jobs, not butter?" asked Bevan. "There's no need for that now . . . We're putting the pawnshops out of business." Then Bevan asked in a loud stage whisper: "By the way, is that pawnshop still there...
...inferior to men." Having no respect for themselves, they seem to prefer to have men speak at their clubs, to work for male bosses, and to vote for a second-rate man in an election rather than a first-rate woman. Since they no longer churn the butter, make the candles, plow the fields, or even bring their husbands a dowry, they are deeply plagued by a "sense of parasitism...