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...behemoth Mr. Riebel and now faced Mr. Kaiser were still the same: 1) an ironclad, waterproof contract with C.LO.'s United Automobile Workers which straitjackets management, banning it from firing, shifting or disciplining workers without union permission, 2) bad control of materials, which sometimes forced workers to loaf...
Soybeans. Rivaling meat in protein and other food elements, the edible varieties of soybeans can be served in a great variety of dishes, from milk shakes to steak (properly prepared, minced soybeans may sometimes be mistaken for meat loaf). Soybeans are only about a fourth as expensive as beefsteak...
...mainland things are different. Spending money in large gobs is not only possible but obligatoiy. A chocolate malted milk in one of Anchorage's excellent drugstores costs 40?. Ice cream is $1 a quart. A haircut is $1.50. A shoeshine is a quarter. So is a loaf of bread or a tomato...
...food is actually a new kind of yeast, with added flavors that make it almost indistinguishable from natural foods. Its makers, Anheuser-Busch, have demonstrated its possibilities by serving meals including two delicious kinds of soup, meat loaf, muffins, cheese sticks, even pie-all made of varieties of yeast. Since yeast is the richest known source of B vitamins and contains about 50% protein (twice as much as meat), it surpasses meat as sheer food. And pound for pound of protein, yeast costs only a fifth as much as meat...
...billion program for everything the Army will need in fiscal 1944, from dog food ($3½ million) to ammunition ($8 billion), guns, tanks, etc. ($6¼ billion) and aircraft ($23½ billion-the largest single item). With such a job ahead, neither labor nor industry could loaf for a minute...