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...current Gallup poll indicated that seven out of ten Canadians would wel come tariff-free reciprocity with the U.S. after the war. Of those in favor, 37% did not believe that such reciprocity would curtail Canadian production. Even if it did, 23% were still for complete U.S. Canada free trade. Another 28% would be opposed if it turned out to have this effect...
...military strength each member nation can have 69.0% 13.6% 17.4% Have a permanent military force of its own, stronger than any single nation 54.0% 23.3% 22.7% Regulate the rights of air planes from one member nation to land on airfields in other member nations 61.1 % 14.0 % 24.9 % Decide what tariff rates should be charged by member nations 44.8% 23.3% 31.9% Decide which side is right if a civil war breaks out in a member nation, and support that side 43.0 % 31.7 % 25.3 % Decide minimum standards for working conditions in member countries...
...Salt Lake City Willkie made a minor boner. Newsmen, with Utah mining and cattlemen in mind, asked Willkie his position on high tariffs. Said Wendell Willkie: obviously, he was against them. Then he added: "Asking me that is like asking me if I favor sin." Around high-tariff-minded, sin-conscious Utah went word that Willkie thought all tariffs and sin synonymous...
...growers have already lost the civilian market. Textile manufacturers, forced to keep their prices in line with OPA ceilings on civilian goods, cannot afford to pay $1.18 a lb. for home-grown wool, 65% higher than the prewar price. Instead they are buying imported wool, which despite a tariff of 34? a pound sells for only...
Thus the British and Dutch rubber producers took a more realistic position. They fear U.S. synthetic rubber production, and its possible tariff protection in the postwar era, more than the mischief of the Japs on their conquered plantations...