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What Nelson, Maverick & Co. were striving for was a gradual adjustment from war to peace with a minimum lag in employment for labor, and minimum chaos and financial loss to manufacturers...
...into the background the so-called "chosen-instrument" policy, Juan Trippe's Pan-American program (TIME, Nov. 8). Eventually, of course, Congress, not CAB, must make the final decision on "chosen instrument" v. free-for-all competition. Pogue's action also meant that the U.S. will not lag in the coming international air fight...
...unemployed unless it raises its economy to a higher productive level than 1940's. He sees little chance of raising U.S. economy to such a point. For, says he, the expected roaring postwar boom will not occur; spotty prosperity will make some industries hum and others lag, while unemployment increases...
...families told pollsters that they plan to plant that plot as soon as they can get it plowed up. But even this addition would still make the total 2,000,000 short of the goal, and 500,000 less than the number of gardens actually planted during 1943. The lag was chiefly in New England and Mid-Atlantic States. But there was one hopeful note. Surveys showed that many of this year's gardens are larger...
...fact, high price for spot cotton, which a fortnight ago climbed above 21? a lb.-a 15-year high-was the result of a boost in the parity price, and Lend-Lease. In the past month Lend-Lease bought 330,000 bales for immediate shipment. The lag in futures quotations reflected the pessimism with which traders and cotton buyers view the future...