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...crusty comments have had a decidedly agin-the-government tang. But General Foods President Colby M. Chester is stanchly anti-New Deal. Last week, when it was announced that Boake Carter would say his last General Foods cheerio August 26, the rumors grew louder. Official reason for failure to renew the contract: The change from Daylight Saving Time would bring the broadcasts to western radios at 4:30 p. m., too early an hour for most listeners, and better time is not available on any nationwide network...
...Manhattan, outspoken Painter Benton professed to regard the affair as "a big joke." This week the board finally decided to renew the contract, held: "No matter what anybody may think of Mr. Benton's book or his painting, there has been no question regarding his ability as an instructor...
...Fields (Sun. 8 p.m., NBC-Red) guest-stars with Nelson Eddy to renew his famous Charlie McCarthy feud for a single Chase & Sanborn broadcast...
According to the New York Times, Franklin Delano Roosevelt last week decided to renew his efforts to get Congress to pass his Reorganization Bill this session-on the theory that the results of the Florida primaries last fortnight would make it sure to pass. True or false, the report and the fact that it was generally credited were in themselves indications that the President was functioning in top form. Improved by: 1) his eight-day fishing trip, and 2) his confidence that Congress was again in a tractable frame of mind, he breezed through a week including everything from Hell...
...price-cutting broke out in Little Steel, with the announcement of a $4-per-ton reduction on cold-rolled sheets, an important item to the automobile industry (see p. 63). If price-cutting becomes general, U. S. Steel and the rest of the 500 companies which are expected to renew their C. I. 0. contracts on the same terms would very probably invoke the escape clause for a general wage...