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Dates: during 1940-1949
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¶ Clyde B. Aitchison of the .Interstate Commerce Commission wryly suggested that witnesses before the commission ought to take the following oath: "I swear that what I am about to read has been faithfully and truthfully prepared for me by my attorneys."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Oct. 6, 1947 | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

Cash In. For his services, Eaton and associates got a 10% commission on the bonds and 2,000,000 shares of Steep Rock stock from the company at 1? per share (it was then selling for close to $1). He then trussed up Steep Rock to a ten-year contract...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Watery Treasure | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

Bigger Cut. Livestock raisers,according to Department of Agriculture figures, are the chief beneficiaries of high-priced meat. They now get 70? of every consumer's dollar spent on meat, as against 51? in 1939. Although it had no exact figures on the remaining 30? , the department guessed that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facts & Figures, Sep. 29, 1947 | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

NSA's three key officers president William Welsh of Kentucky's Beren College; 'Ralph Dungan, vice-president in charge of domestic affairs from St. Joseph's College near Philadelphia; and Robert Smith 1G, international affairs commission head--comprise a neat balance of the divergent interests in America's student community...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: I.U.S. Affiliation and Racial Issue Tested Student Association's Unity | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

Unmentored by adult-level leadership in U.S. education, the founding delegates of the new National Student Association have won a notable first success: UNESCO has awarded NSA a seat on its American commission to speak officially for this country's widely-dispersed millions of youth. Such authoritative recognition for the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Loyalty Test | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

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