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...Bargain Hunters. Some dealers charged their troubles to bootlegging or the race for first place between Ford and Chevrolet rather than to their own lack of sales enterprise. Denver Chevrolet Dealer Bud Viner blamed his average $275 discount on bootleggers who take advantage of Denver's freight rate ($150 from Detroit) to bring in cars by tow. Said he: "There are more new cars on used-car lots in Denver than in new-car dealer showrooms." But the big reason for price cuts was that buyers became accustomed to them in the last year...
...Waterbug." Harry Dexter White was plucked out of Appleton and taken to Washington in June 1934 by Professor Jacob Viner, the internationally known economist, then a Treasury official. White went to the capital only for a summer assignment: to study the gold standard and international trade. By fall he had settled down to a long career in the Treasury-and an interesting career it was. He was not a great economist. His specialty was international payments, which does not require much theoretical ability but does pose intricate problems, as chess does. In the 1930s, White wrote some rather original memoranda...
Professors Benjamin M. Anderson, of U. C. L. A., Howard S. Ellis, of the University of California, and Jacob Viner, of the University of Chicago, will complete the group. Hansen, Slichter, and Viner are former presidents of the American Economic Association...
Although a complete book had already been written by Coles Phinizy '42, Robert Benchley, Jr. '42, and Arthur Viner '42, and the musical score by Robert Coleman '42, the officers felt that "the arguments against a show were insurmountable. The story, revolving around Hollywood situations, was titled "Hey, Mr. Hays...
...fearing much on that score, Robert Benchley, Coles Phinizy, and Arthur Viner have just finished writing the first draft of this season's "revue." Topically alive, considering the onslaught of Montez, Woodworth and Maxie Rosenblum upon the Yard, the plot will revolve around Hollywood situations...