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...Drew up plans to tighten the lax draft laws. Enlistments have been lagging so far behind quotas that even the Marines will have to fill their ranks with draftees. The President's speech brought a rush of volunteers to Army, Navy and Air Force recruiting centers, but it was still not enough...
...convention in Boca Raton, Fla. Miller's message: the U.S. expects Latin America to share in the world struggle against Communist imperialism by adjusting its economy to the realities of the U.S. war-production program. The Latin countries' first tasks, he said, would be to tighten their belts, prepare for rationing of U.S. exports, increase their own production of strategic materials for sale at controlled prices, and brace themselves for the hardships of economic mobilization...
...vote of eight to two, the Student Council last night decided to tighten its contact with the University delegation to the National Students Association by making the N.S.A. a regular council committee...
...Faith!" Stu Symington then put the heat on FRB to tighten up regulation W (which covers credit on all installment purchases). He wanted it made almost as stringent as during World War II. FRB fell in line. The new regulations...
Until last week, Washington planned to tighten up gradually on credit to fight inflation. Then Chairman Stuart Symington of the National Security Resources Board took a hand in the matter. Result: drastic new restrictions on housing and installment credit which brought loud cries of anguish from businessmen and consumers...