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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, April 22, 1958
To Buy Or Not To Buy?
To buy or not to buy apparently remains pretty much an individual matter despite urging from President Eisenhower to step up purchases as a recession cure.
A United Press check on the man in the street in cities across the nation showed many persons have no intention of increasing their spending. Their answers ranged from a terse "with what?" to "I'm not in need of anything."
A number of persons said they thought the President's advice to "buy, but not indiscriminately" was a sound suggestion for getting the economy rolling into high gear. The President made his remarks at a press conference recently.
Still others said they were willing to buy—when prices drop.
Salesman Jack Leaverton of Des Moines said there's been too much recession talk. "There's been so much publicity the people who've got money are afraid to buy and are saving instead." Leaverton said. He added he does not personally plan to expand his buying.
"It won't influence me to buy anything," said Glenna Evans, a Des Moines housewife. "I think it's a good idea, but not for anyone who had to take a reduction in their income."
A Philadelphia housewife replied rather heatedly. "You can't do much buying when your husband is out of work. I'm buying food, period."
"I'll continue buying what I need and what I can afford," said a Philadelphia typewriter repairman. "I'm certainly not going to go out and buy something just for the sake of buying it."
Marshall May, a Steamboat Springs, Colo. rancher, said he thought "The President is about right" and "Things would pick up if people would start buying again."
"I think he's right about manufacturers too, especially automobile manufacturers," May continued. "They better get to making smaller cars, from the way things look."
A Needham, Mass., man, Robert Evans, said he'd like to buy a car now "but I'm not ready to swing it financially, despite the President's suggestion."
A Kansas City, Mo., man in the street said he bought everything he needed in the boom year of 1955 and wasn't going to buy anything else until prices come down.
"I'm quite a supporter of Ike but I sort of take exception to his attitude toward a spending spree," said J. M. Augustine, 68, Wheaton, Ill., bank employee. Another bank worker, Joseph J. Boos, 19, Crystal Lake, Ill., thinks "Everyone is too scared to buy. I think people will sit on their nest eggs."
E. M. Mitchell, 52, a Dallas, Tex., liquor store operator believes people are “getting the wrong idea. They talk about hard times so much that they want to save instead of spend. He is right about buying. I just bought a suit of clothes.”
"I didn't let the recession scare me into not buying in the first place," a Milwaukee, Wis., man stated, "and I'm not stepping up my buying habits now."
Another Milwaukeean asked, "Who am I going to believe? The Secretary of Treasury said on TV we should cut our buying and invest in government bonds, and Ike says to increase our buying. I'll keep on the way I am."
"No I do not plan to go out and buy things." replied a San Francisco bookkeeper. "When there's no money coming in how can you buy?"
-United Press
... Short Ones ...
Here are some terse little comments on the state of the world.
To wrap up the economy: President Eisenhower has told the public to "go out and buy things you want; this will help end the recession sooner." This is like telling the ex-Brooklyn Dodger fans to journey to Los Angeles to watch the Dodgers play.
In connection with the theme of everybody "buy-buy-buy" we feel the merchants are missing a sure thing by not starting a big campaign right now. This program could have a theme of "Do Your Christmas Shopping Early."
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Ike gave the American people a one-word anti-recession formula: "Buy!" The unemployed college student has a two-word comment: "With what?"
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We see now where everybody's trying to get
into the act. The new cigaret ads welcome you to "recessed smoking" and of course "the recessed filter does it." Sounds like a Democratic political movement in these times of "Republican succession."
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Khrushchev says the 1956 Hungarian revolt was caused by "misrule." If only he were a KU student, he might have been a valuable asset to the recent Vox campaign.
The Cuban revolt may have served a useful purpose. It has proved to the world that two sides can fight each other rather than John Foster Dulles.
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A university, after all, is a place where one can find lots of knowledge. The reason for this is the freshmen bring it in each year, the seniors take none away, and so learning accumulates.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
By Dick Bibler
Excellent
I would here like to thank Mr. Nolte for his honest and skillful reporting and also thank Miss Judith Anne Heller, forum chairman, and the University for bringing to the KU students, the chance to hear such a speaker.
Editor:
Recently, Mr. Richard H. Nolte, American Universities Field Staff expert on the Middle East, presented an excellent analysis of the present situation in the Middle East.
I, as an Arab student, wish only that such true facts would be presented more often to further understanding between the United States and the Middle Eastern countries
Beirut, Lebanon sophomore
Mohammed Y. Shana'a
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