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Last week some odd sounds were coming from Harry Truman's Administration. They were made by Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer. Sawyer looks like a businessman and talks like a businessman, and back in his native Ohio he is one (two radio stations, a newspaper, a sports arena and an amusement park...
...Curse. For months, Sawyer had been making the chicken-a-la-king circuit of businessmen's luncheons, often talking "off the record," but to big crowds, of the need for reducing Government spending. He even ventured some tentative criticism of the Administration's Brannan Plan. Last week for all to hear, he briskly announced: "The President has requested me to take the lead in designing a program to preserve and strengthen free enterprise...
That was not all it sounded. It was merely a way of saying that he had been put in charge of Government's policies toward business monopoly and unfair competition. This week Secretary Sawyer hinted that he would ask for repeal of wartime excise taxes, as something that would give "an incentive to business." It all had an unfamiliar, friendly ring...
...outstanding match of the afternoon was Al Sawyer's victory over Wilbur Haggerty. Sawyer came from behind is the second period to overcome a 2-0 deficit and win, 3-2. He is in excellent shape and has good wrestling technique; he is cool, fast, has plenty of guts, and proved he could set his own pace...
...pound class-Kozol (H) decisioned Raymond (MIT), 2-1; 128-Abboud (H) won by default from Harnsberger (MIT); 136-Hansen (MIT) pinned Cartor (H) with an arm lock and body press at 6:41; 145-smith (H) decisioned Callahan (MIT), 4-2; 155-Sawyer (H) decisioned Haggerty (MIT), 3-2; 165-Connore (H) decisioned Mitchell (MIT),-81; 175-Keith (H) pinned Ferguson (MIT) with a half nelson and body press at 2:22; unlimited-Claflin (H) and Bading (MIT) drew...