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...these people were in a minority, and the majority finally prevailed, closing off America to the foreign-born. The words of Emma Lazarus carved on the Statue of Liberty became meaningless, and the limits of American society were determined. In Boston, the melting pot has been hard at work this past half century, since the end of immigration, and social mobility has put an end to most of the ethnic stereotypes. There is a new kind of protectionism in the city now: of the middle class, white, English speaking against the poor, the black, and the Spanish speaking...
...prospects are relatively bright. Says J.C. Penney's President C.L. Wright: "We think that Christmas sales will be pretty darn good. Not a boom, but better than last year." Ralph Lazarus, chairman of the Federated Department Stores chain, sees a sales increase in the fourth quarter of 12% over last year or, excluding price increases, a real growth of 91%. Otto Eckstein, a member of TIME'S Board of Economists, also estimates that the real growth in retail sales for Christmas will be about 9%. Including inflation, a First National Bank of Chicago study reports that sales...
...dress slacks sold by J.C. Penney are double knits. "We're manufacturing men's suits as fast as we can, but we hardly get them into the store before they're sold," Genesco Chairman Frank Jarman told TIME'S Eileen Shields. Adds Ralph Lazarus, chairman of the nationwide Federated Department Stores chain: "Men are buying knit slacks like there is no tomorrow...
...plus ultra of confessional verse. The Bell Jar is a marvelously unself-conscious confessional novel dashed off before such documents were in vogue. Now, however, it is as if the likes of Joan Didion have merely been sweeping the stage for Sylvia's ghostly comeback. Like the Lady Lazarus of her poem, she is a virtuoso of death. As she wrote: "You could say I have a call...
...Maurice Lazarus '37 is the new first vice-president of the organization. Both Abel and Lazarus will serve one-year terms...