Word: quotas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Under the direction of Thomas M. Stanton '44 and Joel Cohen '43, a network of canvassers has been worked out with a supervisor in each House and a representative in each entry. Between Thursday and Monday these delegates will try to fill the Harvard quota...
...railroads cannot have any more cars at all (or locomotives either) until WPB fixes a new quota-and the best the railroads can hope for is probably 18,000 out of the 130,000 cars asked for-barely enough to replace worn-out equipment...
...announced quota for the University was 50, but before a week was up at least 70 men had turned in their names, and many started work right away. Although the showing has been larger than was hoped for, more are still needed by the hospitals, and all interested were urged last night to find out the details of the plan, and to associate themselves with...
Although certain to be pushed by some of the nation's fast swimmers, Yale is a favorite for first in every event, with the possible exceptions of the 50 and 100 yard free styles and the back-stroke. Even if the Elis fail to take their quota of first places, however, their squad has the depth to pile up enough seconds and thirds in order to take the team title...
...this the only damage that has been done by politics to the U.S. sugar supply. To keep the refineries of the U.S. sugar trust going, Cuba's quota of refined imports to the U.S. has been, and still is, limited to 375,000 tons a year. The U.S. refineries that handle Cuban sugar are nearly all located north of Baltimore. This means that, at a time when shipping is at a premium, raw sugar takes a long voyage up the dangerous coast rather than a short hop from Cuba to Florida-or taxes the railroads with a double haul...