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1.Abandonment of rent controls.
2. Civil Rights legislation.
3. $4 billion in new taxes.
4. Federal sponsorship of low-rent housing.
5. Compulsory health insurance.
8. Before it had passed any major legislation, Congress bogged down in a Senate filibuster which had as its real issue the determination of Southern Democrats to kill off the:
1. Equal suffrage law.
2. New tax bill.
3. Civil Rights program.
4. Bill repealing the Taft-Hartley Act.
5. Universal Military Training bill.
9. Miffed at Congressional failure to get going on his legislative program, the President said that the Congress:
1. Was the "worst in history."
2. Would be purged in 1952.
3. Contained too many "B-y-r-d-s."
4. Was too anxious to get away for the summer holidays.
5. Was acting like a bunch of ward heelers.
10. In Congress there was increasing pressure from all sides, notably including Illinois' liberal Democratic Senator Paul Douglas, for:
1. Expanding Federal public works to solve growing unemployment.
2. Complete revision of Civil Service legislation.
3. Removal of corporate excess profits taxes to encourage business expansion.
4. Reduction of Federal expenditures.
5. Expansion of the nation's military program.
11 . With a roar of pain and surprise, Congressmen learned that the Atomic Energy Commission had:
1. Authorized sale of uranium to the Soviet satellite, Hungary.
2. Awarded a science scholarship to an avowed Communist.
3. Not been clearing all atomic employees with the F.B.I.
4. Invited Soviet atomic scientists to a four-day conference in the fall.
5. Been selling uranium to commercial organizations.
Labor
12. Issue of the strike at the Ford Motor Co. in Detroit was:
1. Higher pay.
2. An alleged speed-up on the assembly line.
3. Pensions.
4. The 35-hour week.
5. Union recognition and a closed shop.
13. Ended after three weeks of negotiations, the strike settlement accepted the company's position that:
1. Pensions were impossible this year.
2. Union members would have to pro duce more if they expected higher wages.
3. 40 hours is the basic work week.
4. It could sign no closed shop agreement under the Taft-Hartley Act.
5. The central issue be submitted to arbitration.
14. Felled by a shotgun assailant in an attack like last year's on his brother was Labor Leader:
1. Emil Mazey.
2. Denny Lewis.
3. David Dubinsky.
4. Victor Reuther.
5. Robert Thomp.
15. An eight-day strike, staged by John L. Lewis' District 50, failed to organize :
1. New York City taxi drivers.
2. Illinois soft coal miners.
3. Petroleum workers.
4. New Orleans dock workers.
5. Southern cotton pickers.
Business & Finance
16. The Federal Reserve Bank took a step in March to combat deflation by:
1. Setting up a large public works program.
2. Doubling its member-banks' rediscount note.
3. Declaring a moratorium on foreign loans.