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Early the next morning the President and the governors got down to the serious business of the drought at a breakfast-table conference (see below). There was no letup in the breakneck schedule. After the conference, Ike flew to Salina, Kans. and a triumphant homecoming to Abilene. For 40 miles around, the schools had been let out for the occasion, and cheering kids and high-school bands lined the streets as the presidential motorcade flashed by. At his old home, Ike spotted some pink and purple cornflowers in the garden. They reminded him of his mother, so he picked...
...President Emanuel M. Spiegel of the National Association of Home Builders told a meeting of N.A.H.B. directors in New Orleans that there are "hopeful signs" of a letup in the mortgage money pinch, though the easing had not reached "the builder end of the credit pipeline...
...boom, which year after year has confounded the experts, has shown no letup chiefly because World War II spurred early marriages, and high wages have made it possible to have bigger families. In addition, advances in medicine have greatly decreased the mortality rate...
...strong that June and July operations are expected to hold at 100% of theoretical capacity or better, and output for the year, barring a strike, should come close to 110 million tons, up 18% from 1952. Despite predictions of balanced supply & demand by year-end, there has been no letup in orders...
...cost of food would bring consumer expenditures nearer the balance they held before World War II sent spending on food v. industrial products soaring. As the food budget dropped, consumers would be able to spend more on industrial products. And in manufacturing, there was no sign of a letup in demand. In the kingpin steel industry, Big Steel's Chairman Ben Fairless reported his company had a 20-week backlog, one of the biggest in its history at this time of year. There was plenty of sun, once people got used...