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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...started making casein commercially. Manufacturing process is relatively simple: after skim milk, which has a 3% casein content, has soured, the curd (crude casein) is separated from the whey; the curd is then washed, dried and ground into the finished product. Since 1921 U. S. production of casein has risen from 8,000,000 to 40,000,000 Ib. annually. Biggest consumers are paper makers (who use 70% of the yearly output for coating book, magazine and wall paper), paint and glue manufacturers (12% each) and the plastic industry...
...elections between October 1935, and January i, 1938, C. I. O. directly opposed A. F. of L., won 160. In all, C. I. O. contested in 557 elections, won 81.7%; A. F. of L. entered 453, won 56.1%. Lately the proportion of A. F. of L. victories has risen, C. I. O.'s has declined, and (significantly for both) the proportion of elections in which employes rejected all unions has increased...
...beneficent shepherd. He was able to say that the Treasury's deficit for the year of 1,459 millions was: 1) only 371 millions larger than predicted; 2) the smallest deficit of Franklin Roosevelt's administration. He was able to show that the National Debt had risen only 740 millions* the smallest rise since 1931. He could say these things because of: 1) some real reductions in Government over-head at the start of the year; 2) the greatest Treasury receipts since 1920, from taxes levied on business done in the most prosperous portions of calendar...
Mistakes. "It makes no difference to me whether you call it a recession or a depression." But Depression II was not like Depression I. The national income, having risen from 1932's low of 38 billion dollars to 70 billions in 1937, was now, he hoped, going down only to around 60 billions. ". . . Banking and business and farming are not falling apart like the one-hoss shay as they did in the terrible winter of 1932-33." Then Franklin Roosevelt made an ingratiating admission: "Last year mistakes were made by the leaders of Private Enterprise, by the leaders...
...opinion of Eire politicians, shrewd "Dev" had chosen a fortunate time for the elections. Six weeks ago he concluded a commercial political agreement with Britain. Since then "Dev's" political stock has risen high...