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...Every fall in timber prices will affect Russia's trade balance and hinder the realization of the Five-Year Plan...
...Alexandra not been a proletarian in good standing, had she wrecked the car as an act of sabotage to hinder the success of the Five Year Plan, she would either have been shot or exiled to a Siberian lumber camp. Because she was a true proletarian, had killed one and injured six only in a girlish madcap mood, she got off with 18 months in jail. She did not get off without a scolding. Editorialized a Moscow newspaper...
...that race prejudice ("whatever that may be") should have no standing in courts where Negroes enjoy equal privileges with whites. Said he: "The courts ought not increase the difficulties [of law enforcement] by magnifying theoretical possibilities. It is their province to deal with matters actual and material . . . not to hinder order by excessive theorizing of what in practice is not really important...
...aloof attitude of the authorities. There are random indications that they are not fully convinced of the efficacy of its abandonment. The breaking of the release date by a New York newspaper yesterday of the announcement of changes in the football coaching staff for next year will undoubtedly hinder complete acceptance of the fact that the press should not be ignored. There is a certain amount of justice in the criticism that the H. A. A. was withholding legitimate news for no other reason than to satisfy a dinner committee, but the important point is that all correspondents...
Export Petroleum Association, Inc. was formed to handle the export business of members. Prices are changed only by a unanimous vote. Large exporters have recently contended that export prices are too high, fail to reflect the supply & demand situation, hinder selling in foreign markets. Some members have been interested in keeping the price high. A few oil companies not belonging to the Association have been underselling it. Last week Export Petroleum Association suddenly withdrew its price schedule; each company will now handle its own exporting, compete with other U. S. companies abroad...