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...Foodman Francis can expect little help from the stream of suggestions mailed to Washington by private individuals and organizations. The Red-tinted International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union suggested that members of Congress accept surplus food in lieu of pay raises, and a Nebraska woman thought that the free food should be given to pregnant women. The Agriculture Department solemnly rejected this last idea on the grounds that "it would be administratively impossible to establish adequate' tests of eligibility...
...Foodman Wickard hastily explained that there was no real shortage of these foods: supplies are the biggest ever. Big hitch is that the Army, Navy and Lend-Lease will gobble up about half 1943's production, leave only 33 Ib. for every U.S. citizen against a pre-war consumption of 46 Ib. The only choice was rationing, under a point system to be started when new ration books are ready in February...
...promised his Duchess a permanent and got her to fly with him to the U.S. early this summer. The royal pair roamed through Washington and Manhattan, wound up in a super-swanky suite at the Waldorf. Up came smart, progressive General Foods Chairman Colby Mitchell Chester. They talked. When Foodman Chester left he beamed with the Duke's graciousness, was amazed at his business know-how. On a Monday morning three days later the Duke & Duchess limousined to General Foods' Park Avenue office, looked over the company's sparkling test kitchens, chatted with flabbergasted cooks and dietitians...
...millworker offered his all. But modern cathedrals are not built by small fry. To Pittsburgh's potent industrialists Chancellor Bowman had to turn for the huge chunks of cash which his dream demands. His trustees include Andrew William Mellon and his nephew Richard, Oilman Joseph Clifton Trees, Foodman Howard Heinz. Westinghouse Boardchairman Andrew Wells Robertson, Banker Henry Clay McEldowney, Steelman Ernest Tener Weir...
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