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...only technological house cleaning has put U. S. Rubber in the black at this low rate of operations. Engineer Davis has swung a sharp hatchet cutting Rubber's debt from $101,572,400 to $42,144,000, its yearly interest bill from almost $6,000,000 to well under $2,000,000. Last May he got three insurance companies who own its debt to accept an interest cut from 4¼% to 3⅝% just as though he were hiring the money at the market...
...Jersey City school, well knew what was about to happen. For while her New Deal colleague, ancient Adolph Sabath of Illinois, sat at the head of the long billiard-baized table as Rules Chairman, all eyes watched the committee's real overseer, Eugene ("Goober") Cox of Georgia, head hatchet-man of the conservatives...
...about the eighth bar of the first song, turns Titipu into a dance hall before latecomers are in their seats, makes Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing and Peep-Bo carry on like three little maids from reform school, and finishes Act I in an uproar when Katisha busts in, no hatchet-faced termagant, but an eye-rolling, hip-shaking, torch-singing Red Hot Mama...
...system, businessmen have to make money to hire workers." Secretary Hopkins revived a report current in January but then disavowed by him: that among his major assignments is to do the job left undone by Secretary of Labor Perkins-get A. F. of L. and C.I.O. to bury the hatchet. "Business," said Business' new servant, "finds it difficult to progress in face of a divided labor front...
...sounded like Republican campaign speeches. Two years ago under the guidance of Chairman Colby Chester of General Foods Corp., N. A. M. developed a new attitude, something which might be termed "reasonable liberalism," approving certain New Deal reforms, asking for modest changes, waving the olive branch rather than the hatchet. Last week the Voice of Industry, despite some raucous cracks from the gallery, maintained this conciliatory tone...