Word: trades
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Johnson, George, Fulbright, Byrd, Eastland--as well as both Knowland and Bridges. If the President puts his full authority behind the changes, however, Congress should accept some, even if not all, the proposals. In the past when the President has fully utilized his popularity--on such issues as Reciprocal Trade and the Bricker Amendment--he has generally had his way. The President has shown that he is not just whistling for immigration reform; he should now demonstrate that he will work...
...deter and prevent aggressive expansion by force or subversion." Actually, as the course of the talks again made clear, Eden does not support the U.S. view that a Communist attack on Quemoy and Matsu could constitute aggression. Then the communiqué noted that the allied embargo on strategic trade with Red China "should be reviewed now and periodically ... in the light of changing conditions." During the talks Eden pressed the U.S. to let into Red China the strategic goods that it now lets into Red Russia...
...plea of Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden for a relaxation of the Allied embargo against trade to Red China got a cool reception in Washington last week (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). Part of the reason was an angry blast by the Senate Investigations Subcommittee at the "shocking" flow of strategic goods already leaking out to Red nations, mainly Russia. The subcommittee voted unanimously for public hearings on the effect of an agreement two years ago to cut the Battle Act embargo list for Western Allies from 297 to 217 items and the international quantitative control list from 90 to 20 items...
Though few U.S. firms do business with the Reds (total U.S.-Soviet bloc trade in 1955: about $5,000,000), European nations have used the liberalized embargo list to boost exports 27% in the last twelve months, while increasing imports by only...
...trade associations, the American Association of Advertising Agencies has long worked to raise the standards and ethics of its profession. It was founded to bring order out of advertising's pre-World War I chaos, when ad agencies often kicked back part of their commissions to publishers, or split fees with advertisers. A.A.A.A. also helped to change the agency's original role as a publishers' space broker. Today's ad agency works not for the publishers but for the advertiser, helps him find markets, choose media, check results. By standardizing the agency fee at 15%, A.A.A.A...