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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1963
Page
15
The year 1963 is reviewed as a troubled time marked by disasters and social tensions, with optimism for a better 1964 amid political events and world peace concerns. The essay notes international strain, the Thresher disaster, racial violence, and looming elections, while hoping for progress through democratic processes and renewed faith.
London reports 35 Capital Paper Company male employees win a four day Paris weekend free of wives as a reward for meeting 1963 weekly output targets each week.
The piece argues that Britain’s 1963 tax reductions, totaling about 1.7 billion dollars, spurred industrial growth, higher output, lower unemployment, and rising retail sales. It compares the English results to planned U.S. tax cuts and predicts similar boosts for the American economy, citing steel, manufacturing, and auto sectors as indicators. The author concludes that England’s experience supports the effectiveness of broad tax cuts in stimulating growth and jobs.
The passage cites Philip Wylie on Americans craving noise and solitude, Arthur F. Burns predicting tax cuts amid a steady international situation, and a Hollywood starlet Caral Lynley criticizing fur coats as caveman relics.
The article argues that postwar German American ties hinge on a workable plan for German reunification, noting Erhard and Schroeder aim to move beyond Adenauer era nonrecognition. It stresses expanding East West intercourse, relaxing Hallstein-like policies, and encouraging the Soviet to accept a united Germany, warning against ultra pro Germanism.
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