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Editorial
October 3, 1946
The Tri County News
Grand Rapids, Wood County, Ohio
What is this article about?
Satirical editorial mocking a news item's claim of no reason for stock market nervousness, listing post-WWII issues like reconversion delays, strikes, diplomatic tensions with Russia, labor-capital conflicts, and consumer shortages as causes of public unease.
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What? No Reason For Nervousness?
"No good reason for the break in stock prices and the current nervousness could be found."—News Item.
It couldn't be that reconversion is still behind the eight ball, that there's an ultimatum in every pot and two border incidents in every garage, that strikes are in flower again, that the administration recently set a course for Newfoundland and wound up in Bahama, and that meat, shirt tails, peace and brotherly love are to continue shorter, could it?
The uneasiness wouldn't have a thing to do with the fact that Gromyko is still talking . . . that the only industry without bottlenecks is the holdup industry . . . that the victors in the global war trust one another less than they did Hitler—that general snafu has reached a new high in America and that there are increasing signs that the American public regards the Four Freedoms as (1) freedom of the daily double: (2) freedom to mob any depraved criminal for his autograph; (3) freedom to operate a black market in choice steaks; (4) freedom to dope out a newer and screwier program with audience participation.
Nervousness? Uneasiness? A return of the jitters? Well, possibly it has something to do with the fact that the world seems on fire, brass knuckles are becoming compulsory equipment in diplomacy, peace in Europe doesn't even look like a good show bet, labor and capital are still demonstrating new wrestling grips, you can't get a new auto except on a radio quiz program, nine more well-known Americans have become newspaper columnists, Russia still has the veto power, a couple aged 86 eloped the other day, 226 more strikes threatened east of the Rockies and Fala is back in the news!
"No good reason for the break in stock prices and the current nervousness could be found."—News Item.
It couldn't be that reconversion is still behind the eight ball, that there's an ultimatum in every pot and two border incidents in every garage, that strikes are in flower again, that the administration recently set a course for Newfoundland and wound up in Bahama, and that meat, shirt tails, peace and brotherly love are to continue shorter, could it?
The uneasiness wouldn't have a thing to do with the fact that Gromyko is still talking . . . that the only industry without bottlenecks is the holdup industry . . . that the victors in the global war trust one another less than they did Hitler—that general snafu has reached a new high in America and that there are increasing signs that the American public regards the Four Freedoms as (1) freedom of the daily double: (2) freedom to mob any depraved criminal for his autograph; (3) freedom to operate a black market in choice steaks; (4) freedom to dope out a newer and screwier program with audience participation.
Nervousness? Uneasiness? A return of the jitters? Well, possibly it has something to do with the fact that the world seems on fire, brass knuckles are becoming compulsory equipment in diplomacy, peace in Europe doesn't even look like a good show bet, labor and capital are still demonstrating new wrestling grips, you can't get a new auto except on a radio quiz program, nine more well-known Americans have become newspaper columnists, Russia still has the veto power, a couple aged 86 eloped the other day, 226 more strikes threatened east of the Rockies and Fala is back in the news!
What sub-type of article is it?
Satire
Economic Policy
Foreign Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Stock Market Nervousness
Post War Reconversion
Labor Strikes
Diplomatic Tensions
Russia Veto
Consumer Shortages
What entities or persons were involved?
Gromyko
Russia
Hitler
Fala
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Satirical Explanation Of Post War Economic Nervousness
Stance / Tone
Sarcastically Mocking Denial Of Reasons For Public Unease
Key Figures
Gromyko
Russia
Hitler
Fala
Key Arguments
Reconversion Delays And Shortages Cause Unease
Diplomatic Tensions With Russia Persist
Strikes And Labor Conflicts Are Rising
Post War Peace Seems Unstable
Consumer Goods Like Meat And Autos Are Scarce
Four Freedoms Misinterpreted In Cynical Ways