Jesse Jones Seeks Southward Go West Advice Shift
Houston business leader Jesse Jones urges a new version of Horace Greeley’s advice to young Americans. He argues for going south and west to seize opportunity, recounting his Texas rise from a grade school education to a 33-building Houston empire. He envisions Houston becoming a major port and industrial hub within a generation, backed by his bold real estate stake in New York and Texas.
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BLS Chief Expects Stable Wage Price Relations in 1949
Detroit AP The government’s chief labor statistician Ewan Clague told the Economic Club of Detroit that 1949 will see a stable and healthy relationship between prices and wages. He argued price reductions and wage adjustments need not be violent, noting consumer purchasing power is much higher and unemployment losses are offset by benefits.
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