March 9, 1958

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Above, a literary time capsule: Thomas B. Costain … James Jones … James Gould Cozzens … and Vance Packard. Below, Republican President Dwight Eisenhower calls for a huge spending program to end the U.S. recession. Eisenhower advocates civil works programs to improve the national park system and roads on Indian reservations; dams, flood control projects and other water programs; highway construction; and releasing money so Fannie Mae can buy up home mortgages.

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