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gram will die a natural and deprved death. Economists and business experts well know that the effective weapon with which to combat inflation is abundant production and untrammeled dis tribution of goods. We have in this country an enormously ex panded plant capacity due to the magnificent and highly competent tooling up for war production, and, judging from newspaper re ports, there is now a rapidly in creasing and quite large number of unemployed workmen. There is also a large potential demand for automobiles, washing ma chines, radio sets, vacuum clean ers, farm equipment, plumbing supplies, and hundreds of other necessary and staple items that have been off the market during the war. Whether we get them or not in short order, as soon as they might be made to roll off the factory assembly lines, depends somewhat on whether consumers refuse to be taken in by the speci ous reasoning of the governments' . more articulate economists that if their price control policies are not supported, we are heading straight }ward economic disaster. No consumer likes to pay higher prices for anything, but to expect to be able to buy the opulent vari ety of typically American com modities at the prices paid in the days before we incurred the costs of the most devastating war in history is to exhibit a belief in an economic Santa Claus that is not a normal characteristic of adults. If it becomes clear generally, as it now seems to many observing persons, that the underlying mo tive of the coterie of experts who generate the ideas in OPA is to direct the production of consum ers' goods into channels that their policy-making officials consider to be "socially desirable," or best suited to manipulation of the pol icies and goals of managers and workmen in industry, Congress should and will make short shift of the entire agency at the earliest possible moment. The war is over and won by the valor of our mili tary forces and the boundless skill
and managerial abilities of men in our factories and mines, and on our farms; it is no longer in order to act as though there was a war to be won and people still to be "pushed around" in bringing that gigantic and unified effort to an early and successful conclusion.
Sunburn preventives!........................Julv 9
Teeth, effects of acids
y' ^
itin foods on...................................... Aug.,
Z
Thermometers, clinical!................June 1?
Tomato juice!....................;. . . Jan '
Toothbrushes!...................................... June 25j N
datUx
Toothpaste, Ipana!................................. Aus 5
Utensils, aluminum cooking,
* 8`* V
unfair sales tactic!............................ Sen*- *4
Vitamins and vitamin
pt** 3 I
TilS section aims to give cr
preparations------Jan., 3, 12-14; Feb., 3.4**
1A digest of opinion from a m
,,r
Mar., 4; Apr., 3; May, JI: . Aug., 4, 20-21; Sept.. 4 &
Iranging from the motion pictu
Washing powder for diapers
' 3;<
(Diaperwite)!........................................Sept.. 25 '
[Parents' Magazine, which rates
JnotWaxes, floor!.................................................... May,i&g.; only on their quality as ent<
zomoi
-{indicates that listings of names or brand, are included.
! their suitability in various aspect It should be emphasized that t
Abridged Cumulative Index
fratings which follow do not repre
of
Previous 1945 issues
Consumers* Research Bulletins
Sterilization of Baby Supplies
Tt obviously isn't possible
| of a single person but are based |the reviews appearing in some 1' peals. (See January 1945 issue {the reviews.)
The figures preceding the title
Month and Page Anti-tarnish preparations!.......... June, 24-25
to sterilize everything the baby puts into his mouth, as
Baby oils!............................................. May, 11-12 Batteries, flashlight,
it was suggested should be
rechargeable!................................. Aug., 21-22 Beans, baked!........................................ July, 7-8
done, in the opening sentence
Beer and ale, vitamin content............Sept., 4 Bouillon cubes and
of the report on "Rubber
broth extracts!.............................. Mar., 21-23 Canned vegetables and fruits!... .Apr., 10-16
Nipples for Nursing Bottles"
Canners, pressure!........................... May, 5-11 Cementing materials,
that appeared in CR Bu l
household!.............................Aug., 15-16; 30 Cereals, breakfast,
l e t in for August. As a ma
vitamin content!................................May, 21 Chocolate, baking, and a
ternal health expert to whom
chocolate syrupf............................ May, 16-17 Cleaners, household
the article was submitted for
(Penetone, Dri-Kleen, Evershine. Rad)!...........................Sept., 12, 25, 30
criticism pointed out, what
Cleansers and detergents, fabric and rug!............................... July, 21-23
would you do about Baby's
Closets, cedar-lined............................... Sept., 4 Cola drinks!. ................................ June, 9-10
thumb? Certainly his cloth
Corrections and emendations to CR Bulletins!..............Jan., 24; Feb., 31;
ing will not be free from
Mar., 11; May, 25 Diet, reducing, it is not necessary
every sort of bacterial life--
to be fat!......................................... Sept., 21-23 Dog feeding and
although it should of course
dog foods......................Jan., 15-17!; Feb., 30 Dust cloths, home treatment............ Sept., 4
be clean. It is, however, im
Editorial.................................each issue, page 2 Engines, overpowered auto................Sept., 17
portant to have nursing bot
Film, photographic...................... Jan.. 22-24!; Feb., 14-15!; Apr., 25;
tles, nipples, and formula
' June, 21-22!; July, 16-21! Army surplus!............................... Aug., 17
sterile, for milk is an ideal
hypersensitizing process!------Sept.,23-24 Food, colors for, and colored!.. ..June, 11-14
culture medium for disease-
quality from the soil...............Sept., 14-17 Gifts, overseas Christmas................. Sept., 29
causing microorganisms.
Gloves, women's fabric!.................... Mar., 5-7 Hats, rr .'s felt!................................ Apr., 8-10
It was also suggested that
Hosiery, women's, treating preparations!... .June, 23-24; Sept., 13-14
as soon as the rubber of a
Housing, how much to pay...................... Jan.,5-9 prefabricated!............................Mar., 16-21
nipple becomes soft or gum
-
Irons, new electric!Feb., 5-9; Apr., 16-18 Jams, preserves, jellies
my, it should be discarded,
and marmalades!...... ..................Sept., Linoleum, care of!.......................................
18-21 May,22-24
because
it
is
apt
to
collapse
inlacquers and varnishes!.......... Jan., 18-20
Mildew-proofing agents!............................July,11-15
use
so
that
milk
will
not
Moth-treating product, ineffective (Des-Tex Foam)!......... Sept., 30
pass through. (As our print
ingMotion pictures!............................................eachissue
Nipples, rubber, nursing bottle!.Sept., 10-12
schedule
was
somewhat
Observation Post!...............each issue, page 3 "Odor dispellers," new!.............................Apr.,20-22
disorganized
last
month
be
Olives, canned ripe!........................... Aug., 9-10 Ovenware, glass!...........................................July,5-6
cause of the two-day victory
Peanut butter!............................................. Pencils, colored leads
Mar.,12-13
holiday
and
vacation
sched
ules,for, and colored!.......................... Aug.. 24, 31
Phonograph records!....................................eachissue
it
was
not
possible
to
Raincoats, girls' and women's!------Apr., 5-8 men's!............................................ Mar., 8-11
include these suggestions and
"Refrig-O-Master"!.................................... Rugs, Oriental!.............................................
Apr.,22-23 Feb.,15-18
comments
in
the
article
on
RubberShoe trees, men's!...................................... Mar.,13-16
Shoes, men's dress!.......................... Sept., 5-10
Nipples
before
it
Silver polishes and cleaners!.........May, 18-21 Socks, men's!................................................ Aug.,5-8
went to press.)
Stop-leaks, automobile radiator
and house-heating boiler!.........Aug., 18-20
fdicate the number of critics who
Jo rate the film A (recommended),
land C (not recommended).
Audience suitability is indic<
ladults, "Y" for young people (14
|children, at the end of each line.
Descriptive abbreviations are z
f.adv--adventure
hist--foundei
^ biog--biography
met--melodr
in color (Technicolor or Cine- mus--music?
| Color)
mys--mystei
I car--cartoon
nov--dramat
I com--comedy
tom--roman*
| cri--crime and capture of criminals soc--social-p
| doc--documentary
trov--travelc
1 dr--drama
war--dealing
Ifart-- fantasy
in wan
wes--western
BC
2 2 Abbott and Costello in 3 2 4 Adventures of Rusty... 12 5 Affairs of Susan, The.. 11 3 Along Came Jones........
8 -- Anchors Aweigh............
5 1 And Then There Were Is
3 1 Arson Squad...................
10 1 Back to Bataan...............
4 5 Beautiful Cheat, The..
5 8 Bedside Manner............
6 2 Bell for Adano, A.......... 6 -- Bells of Rosarita, The.. 7 10 Betrayal from the East. 6 7 Between Two Women.. 5 8 Bewitched........................ 2 2 Beyond the Pecos........... 3 7 Big Bonanza, The.......... 3 5 Big Show-Off, The......... 2 6 Blonde from Brooklyn. -- 7 Blonde Ransom............... 12 1 Blood on the Sun...........
12 3 Body Snatcher................
2 5 Boston Blackie's Rende2 1 2 Both Barrels Blazing___ 11 3 Brewster's Millions........ 9 4 Brighton Strangler, The 12 3 Bring on the Girls..........
2 10 Bullfighters, The..........
5 3 Captain Eddie..................
3 3 Captain Kidd...................
4 6 Caribbean Mystery, The -- 5 Castle of Crimes............
6 4 Cheaters, The.................. 2 5 Chicago Kid..................... 7 8 China Sky......................... 4 4 China's Little Devils___ 6 7 Christmas in Connectici
6 5 Circumstantial Evidence
26 CONSUMERS' RESEARCH BULLETIN OCTOBER, 1945