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small businesses of the land.
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In fact, many businessmen would be happy If OPS could sell , their poods for them at OPS ceiling prices, because competition for the consumer’s patron- ,.f ape doesn’t permit them to pet -seels- psieesv—
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One of the latest suits filed by OPS could very well be the boomerang that could knock the office out of existence. . * * * ' > ■ *•
The Zack Metal Company of Michigan is charged with selling copper to Kaiser-Fraser at over the ceiling price of 24ft cents per pound. -
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Actually, the suit does not charge that Zack sold the copper for more than the ceiling.' But in exchange for this copper, it took from Kaiser-Frazer some coil steel, on the basis of 10 cents per pound, which was under the OPS ceiling price for coil steeL Note, under OPS ceiling price, not the prevailing market price.
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Therefore, the OPS reasons,-' the metal firm made an extra profit on the copper because it took steel la trade for less than the OPS ceiling price, and worse da of all, the company apparently found a buyer who wanted the steel and was willing to pay them a' price that restated tat a
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It does not seem to enter OPS reasoning that perhaps KaiserFrazer was overloaded with this type of Steel, and wai unable to find a buyer for it, and rather than let 4 rust, was willing to liquidate at any price,
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But the biggest siu so far developed by OPS wae that a small metal firm did make a profit out of the transaction. And that, according to OPS, is Illegal, because nobody should make a profit. After an, who makes a profit in Russia?
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