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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Throughout 1948, a record number of workers (an average of over 59 million) were employed. Wages in general had kept pace with higher prices. Said the President's Economic Report: "Percentagewise, lower-income groups have enjoyed the larger gains." There had not been enough strikes to cause very much worry. Corporation profits were at a record high; in fact, having increased 16.6% over 1947, they were excessive, said the President...
...Union carpenters in Springfield, Mo., offered to cut their own pay from $1.87½ to $1.50 an hour to help lower the high cost of building houses. They hoped other building trades unions would do the same...
...match won't be merely exercise for the varsity because the YMCA squad stands half way up the "A" league ladder while the Crimson shares a lower rung with the University Club...
...Defense Department had previously asked Truman for $23 billion to keep up an Army of 900,000, as authorized by Congress. Truman announced a $15 billion limit a month ago and quoted a slightly lower figure in today's message...
Freshmen also get a break under the new Nassan program. They will be permitted lower grades than upperclassmen during their period of adjustment to the college...