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Examples of Taft-at-work are his measures for federal housing (up to $200,000,000 annually for slum clearance), for federal medical and dental aid (he is dead set against socialized medicine), for federal aid in education. They represent a conservative's compromises-the substitute measures which a nimble and hard-willed legislator has wrung out of his opponents. Educators and housing experts who thought they were going to deal with a reactionary fogy when he consulted them about his bills found themselves agreeing with him on most major points, marveling at his knowledge of the facts...
Venality, it must be added, extends to Americans too. The desire to grab and run is almost universal in Shanghai today and transcends racial and national lines; the faith that prompts long-term investments is lacking. An American dentist, who came to practice in Shanghai, sold his dental equipment for more profit than he could make in a few years of practice, and went home. A foreign businessman who bought a house for 13,000 U.S. dollars last fall sold it recently for 136,000 and has gone home to retire. The first 1946 Chrysler sedan to arrive in Shanghai...
...matter how disgusting a radio commercial may be, it's O.K. if it hits the spot. Then he emptied a carafe of water over the table (drenching the knocking knees of several hirelings)-to illustrate that any other kind of commercial is "all wet." Finally, he removed his dental plate and wagged it in Vic's face, growling menacingly: "I can see you've already got your teeth in our problem. See what I mean...
Short on silver throughout the war, U.S. silver users have been hit even harder in peace. Production of aircraft engine bearings, silverware, dental fillings, film emulsions, etc. is being crippled. The estimated needs for 1946 (125 million oz.) could be easily met out of the U.S. hoard. But the silver bloc will not let the U.S. sell...
...shared equally by employe and employer). It would cover the worker's dependents, would provide for: 1) family, specialist and consultant doctor services; 2) major and minor surgery; 3) maternity care; 4) hospitalization (up to 60 days a year per person); 5) dental examinations, cleansings and extractions; 6) nursing care in hospital and home; 7) eye care; 8) X-ray and laboratory services; 9) medicines. Also provided for: federal grants to states for expanded public health, maternal and child health services, and medical research...