Word: trades
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Senate must still consider-and will probably approve-the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. But foreign aid and trade agreements may lead to sulfurous squabbles. The aid program seems destined to be squeezed down still further, and protectionists will again be seeking assistance for some domestic industries. There is also a resolution pending in the Senate that would demand congressional approval before the President commits U.S. forces overseas. On the troop issue, Kennedy reflects an executive rather than a legislative viewpoint, observing that such infringements on presidential powers get into "dangerous waters." But he would like to see the Senate...
...Castro have changed Cuba dramatically. Castro calls them "the ten most difficult years." He holds out the promise that Cuban sacrifices will soon be rewarded by a richly productive decade-but only after another "year of decisive effort, a year of 18 months," in which Cubans may have to trade even their holidays for back-breaking work in the boondocks. After the initial, unsuccessful attempt at rapid industrialization, the emphasis has been on agriculture for the past few years. Outside San José, a town east of Havana, a huge billboard proclaims that "agriculture is to the revolution what...
...highly scientific livestock breeding is encouraged. In the Cordón, new small towns are springing up. There are miles upon square miles of newly tilled soil and scores of "piccolinos," tiny Italian-made Jeep-type tractors. Little shortage of equipment is evident; the U.S. blockade has hurt, but trade with Western nations continues, as illustrated by the presence of British-built buses, Italian motorcycles, and West German and Japanese fishing equipment...
...Commission seldom attempts to investigate the possibility of deceptive trade practices, particularly in ghetto areas...
...Spectacular lassitude and office absenteeism" prevail in the Federal Trade Commission, a group of Harvard and Yale law students charged in a 185-page report released yesterday...