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November 7, 1948

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ANALYZING THE MARSHALL PLAN; THE EUROPEAN RECOVERY PROGRAM. By Seymour E. Harris. 309 pp. Cambridge, Mass.: The Harvard University Press. $3.50. Its Genesis, Development and Future -- and a Sober Warning to Optimists

By J.k. Galbraith

EARLY last summer, as the Economic Cooperation Administration was being organized, representatives of the sixteen nations at Paris appealed to American authorities for a brief moratorium on requests for information to justify and guide the Marshall aid. They -- and their governments -- were being demoralized by the apparently insatiable American appetite for statistics.

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MARKETS GROPING FOR NEW BEARINGS; Primary Financial Concerns Switched to Stock Market by the Election EQUITIES AND INTEREST Their Fate May Affect Rates -- Big Investment Holders Left in Suspense

By Paul Heffernan

The precarious orientation of the financial market place with worldwide inflation is lost momentarily in a welter of confused reactions to the Truman Administration's unexpected recapture of the executive and legislative branches of the Federal Government.

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Notable Births

Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint

1948Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint, English businessman and politician[†]

Stephen Keith Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint, is a British politician, former Conservative Minister of State for Trade and Investment, former group chairman of HSBC Holdings plc, and Anglican priest.

Buck Martinez

1948Buck Martinez, American baseball player and manager[†]

John Albert "Buck" Martinez is an American former professional baseball catcher and manager, and is currently the television color commentator for the Toronto Blue Jays. He played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Kansas City Royals, the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Toronto Blue Jays. Since the end of his playing career, he has been a broadcaster, working on the Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles radio and television broadcasts, and nationally for TBS and MLB Network. Martinez managed the Toronto Blue Jays from 2001 to May 2002 and Team USA at the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006.

Alex Ribeiro

1948Alex Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver[†]

Alex Dias Ribeiro is a former racing driver from Brazil. He entered in 20 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix but scored no World Championship points.