Peak Farm Machinery Output Delayed Amidst Postwar Struggles
The article reports producers expect peak output for farm equipment later this year or 1947 due to material shortages labor strikes and delivery delays. It notes 30 000 International Harvester workers on strike raising total idle in the industry to about 36 000 of 90 000. It also covers UNO related diplomacy and domestic labor policy battles shaping the postwar economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Harvester Company
British Loan Debate Echoes Across Congress and Press
Economist Carncross of Rutgers warns 1946 farm income may dip below 1945, with egg demand easing after a peak. In Washington, debate over the British loan intensifies as critics decry no repayment in kind and potential long term debt, amid shifting press opinion and fears about Britain's postwar trade recovery.
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John W. Carncross
Rutgers
Washington
Joan
Congress
Mr. Churchill
Lady Astor
Labor Party
Herbert Morrison
Sotta Voce
Ben Smith
Princess Elizabeth
Britain
Bank of England
Farmers and laborers in flux over subsidies and wages
Washington analysis warns that a subsidy removal may raise farm costs and prices, triggering a vicious wage–price cycle as labor costs rise. The piece notes organized labor and farm groups pressuring from opposite sides and outlines effects on U.S. agriculture and food prices. It also reports UNRRA horse purchases for Greece, Yugoslavia, Poland and Czechoslovakia, and odd notes on Nimitz, Green, Lewis, and a peace cabinet idea.
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Washington
U. S
Europe
Mussolini
Middle West
UNARA
Greece
Yugoslavia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Department of Agriculture
Sparks- Norris Horse and Mule Company
St. Louis
Owen Brothers
Memphis
Dean Bowns
W. L. Elder
Des Moines
UNRRA
Agriculture Department
Baltimore
New Orleans
Jersey City
Portland
Ethiopia
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Nimitz
UN agency ships 50 thousand tons of seeds to nine countries
The United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration dispatches over 50,000 tons of cereal and vegetable seeds, seed potatoes, forage and grass crops, root crops, and industrial seeds to nine European nations and China to boost food production for humans and animals and support oil and fiber industries.
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China
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
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Paul Henry Spaak
Belgium
Byrnes
Lie
Spaak’s
Edward R. Stettinius
Claridge
Oslo University
Lievold
Mot
Labor
Sabath
Dem
Ill
Wall Street
Labor-Management Mediation Board
House
Henry Ford II
Ford
Truman
OPA
Nebraska
Hubert Johnson
Edgar, Neb
Edward A. O’neal
Farm Bureau
Messrs
Vinson
Acheson
Twohey
Pacific
AFL
William Green
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Mayflower Hotel
Green
Congressman Smith
Wisconsin
Department of Peace
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South Wells St
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Hulman & Company
Terre Haute, Indiane
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Poe
Smith Bros
Smith Brothers
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National Corbor Company, Inc
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