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Your magazine's April 13 cover story on Iraq was an unparalleled patriotic service. The recapitulation of recent events in Iraq should make it clear that Communism is using the same insidious methods to gain control of other nations that it used to seize Russia...
...Construction contracts in March soared 23% above a year ago to reach a new record for the month. Biggest gain: single-family houses, which went up 49% above a year ago. Apartment units also registered a sharp gain...
Ward's weighty wager on the future will cost $500 million over the next five years. It has reason for confidence; Ward's sales (1958 total: $1.1 billion) rode 19% ahead of last year's in February and March, will probably show a 14% gain for April, "We are on the eve of a decade of great economic activity," said Chairman Barr. "We would not embark on a program of this scope if we did not have great faith in the future of our economy...
...nation gain the competitive edge on foreign competition? Only a small number of U.S. businessmen really favor a return to Hawley-Smoot protectionism. (But many are bitterly resentful of continued foreign economic aid, which they regard as expenditure of hard-earned U.S. tax dollars to build up tough foreign competition for taxpaying U.S. businesses.) What businessmen can do, say U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Henry Kearns and fellow officials, is cut the lead time on research and development, pull off the shelf better products originally planned for future exploitation, sharpen up their selling tactics. What U.S. labor must do, says...
...Eager to gain its first victory in three weeks, the Crimson Rugby Club journeys to Princeton tomorrow to face a reputedly large and tough Tiger team. Princeton drubbed Yale 9 to 0, and is substantially the same squad that also downed the Crimson, 8 to 3, last fall...