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...strict), he had a little trouble. The newcomers, working in large groups at freight yards, netted several tons a night and sold them through a central organization at fixed prices. They disliked small-time operators like Klaus, who undersold them. But after a little rough stuff, Klaus agreed to conform to the pros' price schedule, and everything went smoothly until the first disastrous signs of spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Ethics (Spring 1947) | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

...strength of U.N. depends, basically, on the U.S. As long as the U.S. supports U.N. and as long as U.S. policies conform to principles of democracy, positive and independent actions in the world will strengthen, not weaken, the world organization of which the U.S. is the most important part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Dangerous Life | 3/31/1947 | See Source »

...last week. The Communist daily, an old Ba Gu addict if there ever was one, swore off the filthy stuff. Originally, said a learned note in the Worker's "Recruiter" column, Ba Gu was a Manchu civil-service test which "had no content at all but had to conform to very strict rules of form and rhetoric." Now the Chinese Communists were against it, and so> was the Daily Worker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Down with Ba Gu | 3/24/1947 | See Source »

...Noble took the archiepiscopal instruction to heart. He introduced cathedral evensong to St. Thomas' afternoon service, changed the style of the Psalter to conform to the Anglican tradition. Meanwhile, he was writing church music of his own-anthems, and the tunes to many such familiar hymns as Come, Labour On and Fierce Was the Wild Billow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: York Minster on Fifth Avenue | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

Kaiser-Frazer Corp. laid off 750 employees a fortnight ago after what it termed a "straight-from-the-shoulder" explanation: "Since engine deliveries are not keeping pace with schedules, we are in the process of reducing personnel to conform to the delivery of engines." Last week, in what appeared to be an attempt to remedy the shortage, K-F leased part of the Detroit plant of Continental Motors Corp., which had been supplying its engines. Henceforth, said K-F, it would make most of its own engines, pay Continental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Drive Them off the Floor | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

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