Word: quotas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Last week W. R. Grace & Co.'s Cecil Kern began a campaign to lower the U.S. duty, kill the quota regulations on Peru's long-staple cotton. These limitations (dear to U.S. cotton Congressmen) normally keep U.S. imports to only 4,000 bales out of Peru's total crop of over 300,000 bales...
There is enough money left in the golf quota of the regular Athletic Budget to enable those on the team who need lessons most to take them from Burt Nichols, the professional at the Belmont Country Club. The team will be chosen as usual on a strictly competitive basis, and the question of coaching for those not on the team will be left up to the individual...
When the War Production Board sets civilian-production quotas, it isn't fooling. So discovered the Hurley Machine division of Chicago's Electric Household Utilities Corp. Ordered to make only 44,000 washing and ironing machines last fall, said WPB, Hurley made 76,000 instead. The penalty, imposed by WPB last week: complete shutdown of production for six months. Suggested name for quota chiselers: chislings...
Large and conviently situated garages have their usual quota of Harvard cars, but the smaller garages that are located farther from the Square say they have only half as many cars owned by Harvard men as they had last year. It is difficult to tell whether the decrease in cars owned by students is a result of the tire shortage or a fear of the future scarcity of automobiles because of non-production...
...grand total of $37,842.17 has been received by the Harvard office of the United War Fund with the official drive completed. This figure, $3,000 over previous estimates but still short of the $40,000 quota, consists of donations of $25,821.81 from the Faculty, $7,683.58 from employees, and $4,386.78 from the student body...