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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Will such cuts pass on the floor of the House and Senate? Probably not, if the Senate's action on another budget item is any indicator: without objection, $20.6 million already allotted for a second Senate office building was increased another $2,800,000 to 1) cover rising building costs, and 2) provide a subway to tote Senators between office and Capitol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Budget Stew | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

...Twenties, none glittered brighter than a fast-talking, fast-thinking young empire builder named Errett Lobban Cord. At one time or another, Cord had control of New York Shipbuilding, Stinson Aircraft, American Airways, and Auburn Automobile Co., which built the Cord car, now a highly prized collector's item among classic-car buffs. In the great Depression, Automan Cord's empire dissolved. Since then, he has been living quietly in Nevada, making money in real estate and serving as a state senator. Last week Automan Cord was back making the kind of glamorous news he loves, this time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MINING: Cord Rolls Again | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

...disposal, far superior to those of Congress, to create something satisfactory. If he considers seventy-two billion a justifiable outlay he need not invite challengers, who will come of their own accord. He should stand by it. In either case he should eventually present a budget each item of which he can sincerely defend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Passing the Buck | 3/15/1957 | See Source »

...former report emphasizes the need for more aid to under-developed countries which can be of little immediate military value. Such aid would be drastically cut if the agitation of Chambers of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers is heeded. Eisenhower's weak stand can hardly protect this item from congressmen whose mail boxes are stuffed to overflowing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Passing the Buck | 3/15/1957 | See Source »

Recently you suggested that there might well be a section of Economics 1 in which those trained in mathematics might participate. This seems to me a suggestion well worth considering, and we have this item on the agenda for the next meeting of the Economics 1 staff...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT | 3/13/1957 | See Source »

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