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remain, after the drop in the value of the dollar.  Many tourist say the same.  I also read how high food is in France.

It is difficult to say what the economic condition is in America. Roosevelt has attempted to force up prices and wages.  Just now the big industries, steel, coal, automobile and oil are refusing to adapt the codes, affecting employment in their respective



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industries.  It is doubtful that the National Industrial Recovery Act (Nira), under the terms of which the codes are provided, is constitutional.  The leaders of some industries say they will not adopt it but will fight its constitutionality.  In fact, the oil industry has already begun a case in the Dist. of Columbia courts.  The workers in 8 basic industries are on strike because of the refusal of their employers to adopt the code for their particular industry.  Just now you