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Ever since his return from Rio, President Truman had tried to make up his mind whether or not he should call a special session of Congress. There was increasing pressure on him to call one. Without some stopgap, immediate help, some European nations might not be able to hold out. But there was no telling what...
...press conference, the President said he still hoped that no special session would be necessary. He had a plan of his own to meet at least part of the crisis. The solution, said the President, was conservation of food. He had appointed a 26-man Citizens Food Committee, headed by Lever Brothers' high-powered President Charles Luckman (TIME, June 10, 1946) to recommend ways & means of doing the job. He had mobilized a new "working organization" to back up the committee recommendations. Meanwhile he urged everyone to cut down by "being more selective in foods we buy, particularly livestock...
This week the President again found a way to postpone the ticklish problem of a special session. After a 2½-hour conference with his Cabinet Food Committee and eleven congressional leaders (notable absentees: Senators Robert Taft and Alben Barkley, Speaker Joe Martin), he announced his decision. Unused UNRRA funds could carry Europe (principally Italy and France) to Dec. 1. Meanwhile he was asking the Appropriations and Foreign Relations committees of both Houses of Congress to come to Washington. To see Europe through the winter, the President estimated that the U.S. would have to dig up $580 million...
Executives of 49 companies from 22 states and two foreign countries arrived at the Business School today to enroll in the twelfth annual session of the Advanced Management Program...
Main features of the three and a half hour session were a long passing drill, defensive scrimmage against a Freshman unit using Terrier plays, and timing on offensive formations against dummies...