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There are reasons. At their lowest, U.S. wages seem high to the Mexican border jumper. And in recent years, poor men in all corners of Mexico have heard dazzling tales of the wonders and luxuries to be had in los Estados Unidos-canned chicken soup, pink nylon panties to be taken home to wives and girl friends, sweet paste (wonder of wonders) for scrubbing the teeth, and the little brush to squirt it on. Many a wetback, returning to a small Mexican village, has been hailed as a hero, and has been trailed by every able-bodied man in town...
Except for the high-speed antics of hot-rodders and last fall's normal quota of noisy football parties, U.S. youth had been relatively quiet ever since college pantie raids ran their nylon-pennoned course last spring. But last week the volcanic nature of the young erupted in two curious tribal gatherings-one at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the other at Balboa, Calif.-as thousands of students, freed from their books by Easter vacations, swarmed seal-like to the two towns' beaches to swim, fight, drink, woo, bask in the sun and howl at the southern moon...
Then the Secretary lifted his sights from dairymen to all farmers who are losing markets through Government-rigged prices. He pointed to cotton (synthetic fibers, such as nylon and rayon, now account for the equivalent of 3,300,000 bales of cotton a year) and to wool ("The public ... has been sold on suits, rugs and other products that contain high proportions of fiber other than wool"). If these price-supported industries had been fighting to hold or expand their markets, they would not have become the victims of such deep inroads from competitors...
...outskirts of Boston and every large city a new retailing business is growing. It is still the land of Hopalong Cassidy suits, vacuum cleaners, and nylon stockings. It is also the land of vast parking places, long, low buildings and customer convenience...
...Release their nylon patents...