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...bother to hoard your Series 1935G dollar bills; even though they lack the motto "In God We Trust," they won't be worth more than...

Author: By Andrew T. Weil, | Title: Treasury Explains Mystery Dollars; U.S. Government Still Trusts in God | 10/13/1962 | See Source »

...supply of silver and is also a big hoarder of the metal. Last week the Mexicans, acting to hold the price at $1.13, were cautiously selling from their reserves. They were fearful that if the price went much higher, Red China might start dumping its reputedly large hoard and thereby crack the market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Commodities: Shine on Silver | 9/14/1962 | See Source »

Wonderland Economics. The general slowdown is making for some unfamiliar strains in the payments balances of many countries. Europe's huge hoard of gold and dollar reserves is dropping. West Germany recently moved from a fat surplus to a small deficit in international payments, and the surpluses of Belgium and Switzerland are declining. And in a time when everyone talks of expanding markets, Japan has clamped on import controls and Canada has raised many of its tariffs from 5% to 15% in an attempt to bolster its sagging dollar. It seemed that almost all countries were attempting to improve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World Economy: The New Phase | 7/20/1962 | See Source »

...scandalous U.S. farm hoard has a fat and sloppy cousin in the stockpiling program, which has gorged itself with $8.7 billion worth of war-emergency materials. This is more than twice as much as the Pentagon believes the U.S. needs for a three-year war. An investigation of stockpiling by a Senate Armed Services subcommittee has indicated that efforts to cut the surplus were blocked by Government agencies, pressure from industry, and downright inefficiency. Last week the subcommittee was told a tale, involving both the Eisenhower and Kennedy Administrations, of four metals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investigations: The Fat Cousin | 6/29/1962 | See Source »

...Government to purchase an additional 760,000 tons at prices above the market-which cost some $200 million-and made the purchases without the customary competitive bidding. The purpose of the purchases, testified Felix E. Wormser, former Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Mineral Resources, was not to hoard critical and scarce materials-the goal of the stockpiling program-but to shore up production and prices in the troubled minerals industry. Wormser, who came to the Government from his job as vice president of St. Joseph Lead Co. (40% of U.S. lead production) and later returned to it, testified that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investigations: The Fat Cousin | 6/29/1962 | See Source »

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