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October 5, 1947

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MACHINERY MAKERS ACT TO BALK SLUMP; Would Solve Future Problems by Providing Three-Phase Management Pattern TECHNICAL SESSIONS HELD ' Muitiply Types of Customers to Stabilize Employment,' Industry Plan of Action

By Hartley W. Barclay

Machinery manufacturers a meeting and solving future recession problems now, leading executives revealed here last week. Actions taken during the past month, and continuing through the fourth quarter of this year, assure that future business volume will be diversified so as to avoid severe cyclical depressions of the past, will stabilize employment and multiply the types of customers serve by equipment manufacturers.

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CURTAIN-RAISER FOR REVOLUTION; Dissecting the Heart of Czarist Russia And the Deep, Driving Force of History BEFORE THE DELUGE. By Mark Aldanov. Translated from the Russian by Catherine Routsky. 561 pp. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. $3.50.

By Charles Lee

THIS fascinating new novel by the author of "The Fifth Seal" is a kaleidoscopic study of Europe, principally Russia, in the years 1874 to 1881. It begins with the marriage of Queen Victoria's son, the Duke of Edinburgh, to Czar Alexander's daughter, the Grand Duchess Maria, an occasion that the Russian intelligentsia hoped would have a "constitutionalizing" effect on the autocracy.

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Notable Births

Brian Johnson

1947Brian Johnson, English singer and songwriter[†]

Brian Johnson is an English singer and songwriter. He was the third lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC, taking over the role in 1980 after the death of Bon Scott.

Michèle Pierre-Louis

1947Michèle Pierre-Louis, Haitian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti[†]

Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis is a Haitian politician who was Prime Minister of Haiti from September 2008 to November 2009. She was Haiti's second female prime minister, after Claudette Werleigh, who served from 1995 to 1996.

Historical Events

United States Oval Office Address

1947President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.[†]

An Oval Office address is a type of speech made by the president of the United States, usually in the Oval Office at the White House. It is considered among the most solemn settings for an address made by a leader, and is most often delivered to announce a major new policy initiative, on the occasion of a leader's departure from office, or during times of national emergency.