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...Tighten Taps...
...million tons in grain alone. If scarcity of U.S. corn meant that farmers would turn to wheat to feed their hogs and cattle, the gap would increase by another two million tons. The committee counted on other exporting nations to boost their quotas, on hungry Europeans to tighten up on their own food-collection systems...
...Taft could read the signs. He still hoped to tighten the bill with amendments restricting industrywide bargaining and requiring all union welfare funds (such as the U.M.W.'s) to be administered by employers as well as union officials. But he had backed down on his amendment allowing employers to go directly to a federal court for injunctions, instead of through the NLRB...
...letter was as barren of endearments as the salutation. Shigeru Yoshida's Government, it said, had better take prompt steps to tighten Japan's economy and wipe out its black markets, or it could expect no help from the Allies...
Somewhat inadequate to date is the teamwork of Preston and Greeley, the new starting defense. Both excellent skaters individually, they were sometimes split by Holy Cross and the B.A.A. Unicorns to allow occasional solo jaunts goalward. Should this due tighten up tomorrow, the Big Green may find themselves hard pressed...