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...cannot just sell and never buy." To convince the nation that the new trade laws would do far more good than harm-and are, in any case, essential to the U.S. role in the free world-the Administration is already bringing up big guns. Last week Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon pleaded for new trade laws as being "crucial" to the nation's financial health, warned that the U.S. will be the loser if it elects protectionism over freer trade...
Setting Sparks. In hopes of setting off some new sparks in the economy, the Administration has turned to wooing businessmen with a will. To stimulate capital investment, Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon has announced plans to offer better tax write-offs next year to encourage companies to invest in new plant and equipment. Dillon also promised that the Administration will "do everything it can" to avoid a general tax increase next year. "The income tax burden," said Dillon flatly, "is high enough...
Horses & Crime. The oat still thrives. CBS's Marshal Dillon (James Arness) now has one solid hour to thicken the air with Gunsmoke; and the imitable Paladin, clearly out to impress the FCC's rootin' tootin' Newton Minow, was reading a Dostoevsky novel during an episode of this year's Have Gun, Will Travel...
...scene was the post-game press conference in Dillon Field House. The last of the 11,000 befuddled fans were filing out of the Stadium, and sports-writers were confronting the coaches for additional bits of excitement to plug into "stranger-than-fiction" copy on the weird affair that gave Lehigh a 22-17 victory over the Crimson...
...make certain that everyone in Washington is tuned in to the new wave length, Dillon himself checks to be sure that loan applications do not get lost in the bureaucratic pigeonholes. Concerned over the slow progress of one loan recently, Dillon visited the agency to see the man in charge. "We're not ready to process it yet," said the official. "Fine," said Dillon. "I'll just sit down and wait for it." The "processing," that is, approval, came through in about 60 seconds...