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Neither Danny Bell nor Henry Morgenthau answered. But, over the years, the question seemed to bother Morgenthau a good deal. Last week, in Collier's, he began giving at least a partial answer...
...government. Vishinsky's reply is discouraging in that it indicates, perhaps, Russian reaction to a proposal for world government. But if we are to have a showdown, let the issue be squarely presented. Let us form a world government with Russia, if possible; without her, if necessary. Such a partial world government would be open at all times to any nation which wished to join it. Such a government would be one Russia could join, but could not overcome.... Virginia Lastayo Riorden, 2 Gray Gardens East...
Despite the partial crop failure, the U.S. had the grain to help feed the world. But the Government did not like to dip down too far into the nation's food bins. If crops were bad next year, the U.S. might need its surplus for itself. Farmers were storing some 70% of their wheat to 1) keep out of higher income-tax brackets this year, and 2) get better prices later on. Some farmers were feeding wheat to cattle and hogs...
...diamond acts very much like a Geiger counter, whose knocked-free electrons dart across a partial vacuum. But the Bureau's diamond counter will last longer, and it can be made much smaller than a Geiger counter. The little sensitive crystal can be tucked away in industrial equipment, or even inside the human body to measure the penetration of radiation, as in the X-ray treatment of cancer...
...have been too many bum articles called plastic"), Tupper has developed machinery to press it into 25 pastel-shaded houseware items ranging from poker chips (100 for $1.98) to double-walled ice-cube bowls ($4.98). Some of the bowls have close-fitting caps which, upon slight pressure, create a partial vacuum, form an airtight container. All of them can be squeezed to form a spout which disappears when the bowl is set down. A Massachusetts insane asylum found Tupperware an almost ideal replacement for its noisy, easily battered aluminum cups and plates; patients could damage Tupperware only by persistent chewing...