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The United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers Union (C.I.O.) slapped a tough proposal on Economic Stabilizer James F. Byrnes's desk last week. Stabilize the U.S. economy fry Aug. 15, they said, in effect, or our 450,000 members will junk your "Little Steel" formula.
The other Varsity hopes are Ready at 121, Hart at 136, Smith at 145, and Byrnes at 175. Pete Sax, heavyweight, who has been meet captain since Sosman's departure, will lead the team again tomorrow in the season's climax.
So said energetic Joseph L. Weiner, WPB's Director of Civilian Supply, as he sent to Economic Stabilizer Jimmy Byrnes last week a report to answer the question: For the purposes of total war, just how much fat can be pared from the U.S. way of life?
Plain fact was that institution of the new work week was the first move in Jimmy Byrnes's fight to stem the whole inflation tide. Same day the order was announced, WLB turned down the request of 180,000 meat packers for a wage increase. It was clear that...
But it was a sop to labor, nevertheless, and would force the Administration to yield on other fronts in the inflation battle. Already the farm bloc, waiting to capitalize on any gain for labor, was girding for new demands to crack farm price ceilings. That will be the next problem...