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...that information given to our allies would leak straight to Russia. Although a security system would be harder to manage in widely separated regions, still a basis for one already exists. Canada and Australia already have systems comparable to America's, while England, not far behind, is willing to tighten up. On the other hand, countries like France and Italy, endowed with a Communist menace, would have no place in such a merger...
...Government now has control over almost every kind of debt except consumer credit. If it wants to tighten up on housing credit, it can boost rates on Government-insured mortgages; if it wants to restrict bank loans, it can boost reserve requirements. But it has had no direct control over consumer credit since the Federal Reserve Board's power to fix minimum down payments and maximum payoff periods (Regulation W) expired last year...
...biggest significance was the demonstration that neither Humphrey nor the FRB plans to follow any undeviating course in money policy. If need be, they are as ready to loosen credit to prevent a recession as they are to tighten it to prevent inflation...
...their own. One Chicago judge ordered a landlord to tear down a building listed in the News series, and show the court a picture of the empty lot or face a $2,200 fine. As a result of the News series, a bill before the state legislature to tighten up housing laws now seemed certain to pass. Said one of the 250 letters of praise the paper received from its readers: "When the power of the press is used to benefit humanity . . . it renews the humble reader's faith in that great freedom...
Boxing officials and supporters yesterday opposed plans to tighten the rules on the sport in Massachusetts. One asserted proposed changes were planned only to "fool the television audience." That assertion came from Tommy Rawson, who was the referee in the Tommy Collins-Jimmy Carter lightweight championship bout last month...