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...reported to include a limit on imports of crude oil and other petroleum products of 1,025,000 bbl. daily, compared to 1,113,600 bbl. daily under the voluntary system. The compulsory scheme would be enforced by a Government administrative agency. Other recommendations made by OCDM reportedly call for1) a sliding scale of import quotas for smaller oil companies, based on the imports between March1 and Sept.1, 1958; 2) no cuts of more than 20% from voluntary quotas for any major importer; 3) no cutbacks on imports of residual oil for industrial and home heating...
...first federal budget presented by a Republican Administration in 21 years. Dwight Eisenhower last week set a new tone and trend. He called for1) lower taxes, 2) less Government spending, 3) reduced appropriations for future years, 4) a smaller deficit, and 5) the transfer of some Federal Government activities to private enterprise and to local governments. It was, said the President, the kind of fiscal program that used "necessity-rather than mere desirability-as the test for our expenditures...
Ebbw Vale. In contrast to Eden's cautious doubts, Bevan was in a mood of exuberant confidence when he got back to his sister's house in Tredegar. His wife Jennie Lee called him from Cannook (in Staffordshire), where she was running for1 reelection. Said Nye to Jennie: "Everything's fine here, my sweet. How are you -exhausted...