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Last fortnight the paths of the Chicago and the Philharmonic orchestras crossed. Frederick Stock took his men to Manhattan for a couple of concerts in Carnegie Hall, and John Barbirolli took his Philharmonikers to Chicago. Result was a two-way surprise. Expecting something special, curious Chicagoans turned out in droves to hear the famous Philharmonic. When they heard it their enthusiasm cooled like untouched soup. Shrugged the Journal of Commerce: "There can be no question about the superiority of our own orchestra's huge refulgent tone." Said the Tribune: "The Philharmonic simply does not coalesce into a satisfactory ensemble...
...this point the argument, like most discussion on wages and prices, became entangled in two-way semantic trouble. One difficulty: many labor men do not understand the difference between money wages and real wages, will jump at a small money-wage increase even though they would enjoy greater buying power if wages and prices would not race one another up. The other difficulty: many businessmen do not understand the difference between rising wages and rising labor costs, don't know that U. S. industry, by increasing the productivity of labor, has absorbed an average hourly wage-rate increase...
...export and import commodity moved into it more & more: cotton, textiles, rubber, tin, lumber and pulp, drugs, toys, machinery, pepper, hides, wool, silk. Businessmen in these lines had reason to ponder the course of Washington-Tokyo diplomacy. For if the U. S. went to war with Japan, an enormous two-way trade across the Pacific would...
Thus did Dr. Funk poke the U. S. economy in a vulnerable spot. A creditor nation ever since World War I, the U. S. vainly hoped the Smoot-Hawley and other tariffs would keep it that way, forgetting trade is a two-way street. Cordell Hull, knowing that, has long preached reciprocal commerce. World War II put an end for the present to his small successes...
...Lowell gets the breaks in the softball league and 35 points by finishing in a two-way tie for fourth, in addition to a Kirkland hardball defeat, it can squeak through to a 1548 to 1571 1/2 point win over the Deacons by beating Adams in hardball. Kirkland is a cinch third in the softball, good for 50 points, and seems to be a heavy favorite to win the Straus Trophy for the second successive year