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...Communist Party, in a two-week meeting at the mountain resort of Kuling, formally conceded that nearly every one of it's 1958 production figures had been false (see box). And the errors were no small ones: if the new figures were to be trusted, all the hardship of the communes had produced only a 35% gain in grain, not the 102% Peking had boasted of, and there had been a 28% increase in cotton, not 104%. The false claims had to be confessed so that the planners could sharply drop their targets for next year. The party...
...million for food shortages this winter. The 1959 crop yields are reported sharply below normal; the usual propaganda boasts of "record harvests in China's great leap forward" are notably missing this summer, and a People's Daily editorial growls that "an inclination to avoid hardship has found breeding ground among some cadres"-leading outside experts to suspect that many farm communes are failing to meet their quotas...
...Crisis. The effects of the strike landed nowhere with more personal impact than on the Steelworkers themselves, tramping the streets just as it was announced that the nation's employment had hit an alltime high. Many workers faced out-and-out hardship, but most had a nest egg and meat in the freezer. Workers got one to two weeks' pay before the mills closed (average: $125 a week before deductions ). still have another two to three weeks' vacation wages coming. Dave McDonald halted the pay of 1,000 union officers, including his own $50,000 a year...
...Negro community, the world's biggest Jewish community, excludes both Negroes and Jews. What's more, Burglund told Bunche, the admission of Ralph Jr. would mean the resignation of at least 200 of the club's members. "Neither I nor my son regards it as a hardship or a humiliation," said Dr. Bunche. "It is a discredit to the club itself. If I were younger, I think I'd put in an application-just for the hell...
...serious side, Gibson's version of "Wayfaring Stranger" stood out. His general treatment of songs meant to convey bitterness, hardship, or sorrow, however, seemed to lack personal feeling and sensitivity, and he would do well to leave them to a master like Josh White...