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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gleichberechtigung. If the Brussels conference ratified this agreement, the next major job would be to sell it to the Germans. As the Western military position had deteriorated, and the Russian threat grew, Germany's price for risking rearmament had risen. The Bonn government now demanded no less than Gleichberechtigung (equality). Politically, this meant ending the occupation statute, replacing it by a treaty giving Germany sovereignty. Militarily, it meant full German divisions, commanded by Germans...
...furniture to buy, what soundproofing, chalkboards or gym floors. In overcrowded towns, they analyzed population trends, decided just how much more space each school district would need to take care of its students properly. In the town of Soquel, for instance, they found that the elementary-school population had risen more than 16% in a single year, that the school had tried to make room for 282 more pupils than it should, and that it had only half the desirable amount of playground space. In Los Altos, the Stanford group recommended a $1,185,408 building program-a recommendation complete...
Actually, the furor over auto and steel prices was way out of proportion to their small effect on the cost of living. Retail food prices, which are far more important to consumers, had risen almost as much (4.3%) since Korea. But in the face of the politically potent farm bloc, no one in Washington was talking about removing farm price supports, which had helped food prices to rise...
...Colgate, Yale, Syracuse, and Notre Dame, and hockey at Yale, never make any money. Yale complains that crew costs it close to $100,000 each year. (Harvard rowing fortunately has a loyal alumni following which helps somewhat to keep it afloat financially). Maintenance costs on physical plants have risen sharply recently...
...Federal Reserve Board last week found that its credit curbs were beginning to check consumer buying, thus ease some of the pressure that set prices soaring. Nobody felt the brake more than U.S. automobile dealers. In a month, their stocks of cars on hand had risen from an average of eight per dealer to eleven, and many began knocking off some of their commissions in order to clear out 1950 stocks before the new models arrived. And where many carmakers had been privately talking higher prices for the new cars, Ford Motor Co., at least, decided against it. In bringing...