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PARITY WITH RUSSIA
If our nation wanted to achieve a miserable sort of economic parity with the Soviet system, it would be necessary to dismantle ovttr half our steel capacity, abandon -twothirds of our petroleum capacity, destroy two of every three hydroelectric plants, rip up 14 of every 15 miles of our paved highways and two of every three miles of mainline railroad tracks. And we’d have to scrap 10 out of every 20 cars and trucks, put about 60 million of our people back on the farm, tear out nine of every 10 telephones; pull down seven out of every 10 houses .and cut our general standard of living by threefourths.
Oh yes, and destroy 40 million TV sets.—Leslie B. Worthington, president, United States Steel Corporation.
FEEDING UNCLE SAM
How much are you paying for that loaf of bread at the supermarket? 21 cents? Or maybe you’re very thrifty and buy two for 41 cents? Well, you’re still getting the short end of the deal!
“. . . there are 151 separate taxes on that loaf of bread. So the next time you visit the supermarket and casually lift a neatly-wrapped
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