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...orders were bound to force some cutback in civilian production. The word from Washington was that President Truman, in his speech to Congress, would ask for powers to allocate steel, crude rubber, manganese and tin to manufacturers with war orders. And the President also wanted powers to tighten credit (e.g., charge accounts, installment buying, etc.). But industry got assurance that the President would ask only as much power as the emergency requires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wider Ripples | 7/24/1950 | See Source »

Other things besides stocks were bouncing up. The impact of increased industrial production and Government stockpiling had begun to tighten the supply of metals, driving up the prices of such raw materials as zinc, lead and copper. Despite the great grain surplus, the prices of corn, wheat and other grains also rose because of exports, Government buying and bad weather. As a result, the Dow-Jones index of commodity futures last week rose to the highest level since December 1948. Traders who thought they saw a general rise in prices ahead once more began to talk about buying stocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: Still Higher | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

...British immigration officials have already begun to tighten the fence against "undesirables." Typical was the case of one Nikola Martinovic, who flew into London from Switzerland last week, described himself as a political refugee from Tito's Yugoslavia seeking asylum in Britain. When immigration inspectors told him that his visa had expired, he shouted wildly: "I don't want to go back! I will commit suicide if you send me back to Yugoslavia!" After a night under guard, Martinovic was put on a plane bound for Switzerland. Over St. Quentin, France, he opened a door of the plane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESPIONAGE: Thank You, My Lord | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

...Bonn government announced that it would tighten the Civil Code to deter future Hedlers. An official move got under way to try Hedler again in a denazification court. "Good Germans" like Knoeringen and Inge Scholl would have to do the rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: ... and the Bad | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

...repay the Treasury for these concessions, Secretary John Snyder wanted to tighten up the special allowances enjoyed by mine producers and oilmen, to start taxing religious, educational and charitable institutions for any income earned from operating their own businesses on the side, and to tack on $1,075,000,000 more in new estate, gift and corporation taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Small Favors | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

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