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This year belongs to the American economic system. It underwrote the defense of the free world overseas, it survived a recession and came back stronger than ever, and it proved that-with sympathetic understanding from the Federal Government-the U.S. can increase the individual's standard of living, retain his political freedom, and give him the leisure and resources to create a culture like none in history. I give you the man who best understands what the U.S. system is all about, Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey...
...significant that there are still places in the Orient with a standard of living far lower than that in any Western city where it is safer to walk than in New York City. My opinion is that religion (and the East is religious, whether we agree with it or not) prevents the production of the enrage-the man who has no place anywhere, and hates society "on principle." And so hates this world...
Batlle Berres' opponents, especially the wool and cattle barons of the interior, howl that this is Red socialism. But since under Batllismo Uruguay has Latin America's highest standard of living and no income tax, Uruguayans invariably vote for it. As for Communism, Batlle Berres opposes it with a technique that Uruguayans call "killing it with liberty." The Red vote dropped from 32,000 in 1946 to 17,000 in this month's election...
...University will share a half million dollar gift from Standard Oil of New Jersey with 137 other privately-endowed colleges, James Crayhon of the Company's public relations department announced yesterday...
Antifreeze Gas. To prevent automobile fuel lines, pumps, etc.from freezing with the water that condenses inside the gas tank, Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) is putting a new additive into its premium White Crown gas. The additive forms a solution with the water to keep it from freezing (down to 20° below zero) in the fuel lines...