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...such singleness of purpose to carry over into peacetime living is illustrated by the present conflict over price controls. The majority of the people know that the continuance of controls would be best for the economy as a whole, yet each group finds excuses for allowing itself to be exempt from controls. The philosophy of Adam Smith's invisible hand which turned self-interest into the good of all has carried over into a dynamic society where it can no longer function, but the people refuse to forsake...
...President Truman's veto of the emasculated OPA bill a week ago was perhaps the bravest thing he has done since entering the White House. But revived hopes for a genuinely effective price control bill have faded once again in the face of amendments to the new bill to exempt oil, cotton, and pulp products from control, the Taft proposal for manufacturer's profits and the delaying tactics of Senators Wherry and O'Daniel. Thus the bitter paradox continues by which the majority of people, who ardently desire the retention of price controls are defied by their elected representatives...
Actually, the Russian action was not as larcenous as it looked. The Potsdam Agreement stated that Russian reparation claims should be met by "removals" from the Russian zone of Germany, did not spe cifically exempt any property, even that of businesses owned by United Nations...
Counsel Edward B. Hanify further submitted that "the defendant is a charitable corporation under the laws of the Commonwealth and is exempt from any liability arising out of the transactions described in the plaintiff's declaration...
...change draft board regulations without giving all men previously inducted an opportunity for release from the Army if the new regulations would exempt them from service...