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...with such men as John Lewis." Virginia's tall, dour-faced Howard Worth Smith summoned some 30 fellow Democrats to his office. They arrived with stealth, dripping with fury, to debate how they might push through Congress one of the many anti-strike bills already in the Congressional hopper...
...Apart from whatever is left of the aircraft industry, Alcoa plans to expand its railroad passenger car market, enter the hopper car and acid-carrying tank car field, make bus, truck and trailer bodies...
Other of the journalists are taking courses in Government, History, and Economics to help them in their reporting. Courses that will be of use in the peace settlement talks are the favorites. Most popular courses in this line seen to be Hopper I (New Factors in International Relations: Europe and Asia), Schlesinger's History of the Westward Movement, and Social and Intellectual History of the United States...
...Best thing about this job is that at last we have a chance to sit down and argue," Harry remarged. "And the professors are darn co-operative and willing to discuss anything." Most of the Fellows take courses for the men rather than the course. Buck Hopper, Schlesinger, Merk and Jones drew top honors...
...defense problem is double: not enough defense production and too much idle capacity victimized by defense priorities. Said C.I.O., "Within the next few weeks the nation will be shocked at the amount of 'priority unemployed.' " Senator O'Mahoney dropped a bill in the hopper that would amend the priorities law in order "to prevent bankruptcy for thousands of small manufacturers." From mouth to mouth passed OPM's most striking statistic: 75% of defense contracts have gone to 56 big firms...