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...spur economic progress in this pattern, the Administration encourages the flow of dollars to Latin America by trade and private investment. "The 168 million people in the U.S. cannot export prosperity to the 175 million people in our sister republics. There is only one really effective way to expand our trade, and that is to increase our imports from the area. The Eisenhower Administration has been notably successful in defending its trade policy toward Latin America, despite an annual barrage of proposed laws, tariffs and other restrictions designed to eliminate some competitive Latin American product...
...Grundig turned out a "toy": a knocked-down "Do-It-Yourself" radio kit. He took advance orders and deposits from retailers to finance the deal, sold 75,000 as fast as he could make them, even though buyers had to scrounge the tubes on the black market. To expand, he leased a city-owned grazing meadow and put up four small frame sheds. Says Grundig: "It was a great chance to start from scratch. We inherited no inefficient plant layouts, no tradition that had to be respected...
...Economic Report's special appendix on U.S. population trends peered two decades ahead, and what it saw was a period of startling growth that could well spur a major business expansion. Back in 1946, when U.S. population stood at 140 million, experts predicted that it would expand to 153 million in 1960, reach an ultimate peak of 165 million in 1990 or thereabouts. In fact, the population passed the 165 million mark some time in 1955. By 1960, said the forecast, it will approach 180 million; by 1970, some 200 million...
Open Door? The approach of the tidal wave has also had an effect on publicly supported institutions. Those that are required by law or tradition to take in every taxpayer's child with a high-school diplo ma within their states have begun to wonder whether they can expand rapidly enough to maintain their open-door policy. Some have already answered...
...rookie's $4,500 to Bob Cousy's better than $20,000. From California to the East Coast, new towns are eager for franchises. Perhaps the surest proof of the N.B.A.'s success and the caliber of its players is that club owners want to expand their league but cannot find on college courts enough good players to match their pros...