Spending Into Trouble by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower warns in a Saturday Evening Post essay that current leaders push a risky fiscal path of tax cuts and deficits. He calls for spending restraint and stronger reduction of government power to protect liberty and economic vitality.
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Saturday Evening Post
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Justice Brandeis
Self-Defeating Rates and the Rich Tax Debate
Henry Hazlitt cites Newsweek on how a 20 percent rate yields 8 percent of tax revenue while higher top rates deliver little. He argues higher taxes deter investment and job creation, calling elevated rates self-defeating and suggesting revenue gains from growth could finance broad tax cuts later.
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Henry Hazlitt
Newsweek
Short End Of The Stick On Social Welfare Costs
A critic argues social welfare programs incur heavy administrative costs once established. Using Social Security as an example, the piece contrasts private saving returns with the benefits promised by S S, calculating personal contributions of about 18 000 by age 65 versus 50 000 if invested privately and 21 become annual retirement income around 2 125 whereas S S pays about 1 524.
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S.S
Two Global Airlines Face Fare Wars and Possible Merger
International air travel grows but costs loom as Pan Am and TWA resist new rates set by IATA. Britain probes action over London landings as BOAC remains subsidy funded. U.S. carriers push for a merger to cut costs and boost service while competing with state subsidized rivals.
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International Air Transport Association
Paris
American International Airlines
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Britain
Pan Am
TWA
London
Ant
BOAC
Dr Frame addresses marital jealousy in domestic hints
A reader case discusses jealousy and attention shifts after childbirth. The counselor argues wives often neglect spousal needs, urging focus on the bedroom, while noting cultural views on women as mothers first and lovers second.
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Lila
Supersonic plane plan and air traffic realities noted
Jim Bishop discusses engineers readying a supersonic craft capable of 2500 mph and the vast cost of research. He contrasts potential government funding with the FAA’s heavy traffic and safety tasks, noting fatalities from air and road travel and the burden on controllers managing hundreds of craft.
On The Line American Pope and Church Image Debate
The discussion recalls Bob Considine on the line about an American pope and the Vatican’s image. Respondents argue an American pope would seem out of place and strain relations with Rome amid differing national expectations and traditions.
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Rome
Vatican
Miracle arthritis medicine praised despite limited proof
A reader remarks on a so called miracle arthritis remedy that reportedly helped a crippled person to dance, noting many medicines claim wonder effects but few alter the disease. The letter expresses cautious optimism and thanks for the journal’s education.
Big Red Chinese Leap Ending In Great Flop
A fragmentary discussion questions Mao Tse tung’s portrayal and the motives of insiders in the Red sphere. It notes Valentin Chu and a Norton book on internal Communist power and speculative motives around a potential atom bomb timeline.
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Mao Teetung
Thunder
Owen Lattimores
Red Force
Valentin Chu
Tan Tan
Norton
Tentis
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