Word: costs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...asking the University to show why the present 21 meal requirement is especially necessary. The change most often suggested was a reversion to the pre-war 7, 14 or 21 meal per week optional contract. But curiously enough, a return to the optional contract system would mean a cost increase for a majority, and only a small saving to a minority...
...severe overlapping in buying arms. Research agencies were consolidated. A review board was formed to evaluate new weapons. But the total savings to the nation's expenditure resulting from these meetings have so far been insignificant--Forrestal estimated them as $10,000,000 last year, approximately the cost of a single modern destroyer--and the fundamental inter-service jurisdictional disputes are still unsolved; it is now Eisenhower's job to solve them...
Youth Argosy, Inc. will offer air transportation between the United States and all points in Europe for student groups and educational projects, as well as individual students accepted by the organization. Cost of transportation, by non-scheduled flights, will be $170 one way. Further information can be obtained from Youth Argosy in Northfield
Heaman said he objected to a survey for four reasons: First, that it would cost too much money. Granted $5,000 is a considerable sum of money, but the survey might well discover ways to save money. Cost cannot be the sole reason for rejecting a survey. Second, that no firm of experts is available in the area. But food experts do exist and can be persuaded to travel. Third, that machinery for examination exists in the form of House Food Committees and Visiting Committees of mothers. These people, however, are amateurs--they know nothing of slicing beef or buying...
...nine C-4 type vessels have been operated by private lines, which acted as "general agents." Since the steamship companies received pay from the government, they were able to offer transportation at cost...