THE DOMINION Off with the Lid
All wage and salary controls were dropped by the Dominion Government last week. They had been so badly battered in six months of strikes and increases granted by War Labor Boards that abandonment was more or less of a formality. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Mackenzie King shrewdly made what political capital with labor he could out of it by making the announcement while in Quebec City for the Liberal gathering (see below).
With wage controls gone, the big question was: could the Government keep modified controls on prices? The answer, as of this week, was that Canada...
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