Word: hinting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this sudden turn of events (though something like it had been promised), consumers wondered how the remaining 90% was going to be distributed. Outside of declaring that service stations should discriminate in favor of commercial and farm vehicles and private cars on business bent, Mr. Henderson gave no hint. Distribution was up to the man at the pump...
...Prince Konoye down. Emperor Hirohito sent a basket of fruit. In Japanese court etiquette this meant that the Son of Heaven held hope for his recovery. Had the gift been imperial wine, it would have implied that the Baron's sukiyaki was considered cooked. The Baron took the hint: at week's end he was reported to be rallying strongly...
Last week the tune changed. The battle in front of Moscow, said the Germans with a hint of apology, was "the biggest battle of materiel in the history of the world." German propaganda reporters complained that the enemy, even when surrounded, fought with "stupid Asiatic courage." The German radio went so far in uncertainty as to say: "The decision in this field battle may not be expected for the next few days...
...least for the time being, sewed up Iraq's oil, after the Germans had attacked one of their oil suppliers, Russia, after the Russians had done some damage in the Ploesti fields of Rumania, the oil barrage took on more point and more fury. Last week a roundabout hint of the growing Axis oil squeeze came out of Italy, where it was announced that after Oct. 1 private auto owners would be allowed no gasoline...
Thus girt with logic, Leon Henderson still had no price weapon last week. There was a strong hint (from Steve Early) that the White House meant to put the whole thing off till next fall. Strategy: by then the cost of living would have gone so high that an angry consumer lobby might be organized to override the Friends of Inflation. But by then also, inflation will be at least a partial fact...