AFTER THE WAR: Great Day Coming

Said Trustbuster Thurman Arnold to the National Federation of Sales Executives: "We are on the verge of a new industrial age, an age of light metals and plastics and chemicals, an age of unlimited possibilities . . . more abundant housing, cheaper transportation. . . . With the unrestricted production of these new light metals the whole price structure will be lowered. The consumer's dollar is going to be worth much more. Millions of jobs will be created by unleashing this new productive capacity."

There is no reason, he declared, to fear a post-war depression. "The war will operate like a...

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