Атлант расправил плечи
Wyatt’s torch
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Thensheleapedtothefirstnewsstandinsightandseizedacopyoftheeveningpaper.
Itwasonthefrontpage.WesleyMouch,TopCo-ordinatoroftheBureauofEconomicPlanningandNationalResources,"inasurprisemove,"saidthepaper,"andinthenameofthenationalemergency,"hadissuedasetofdirectives,whichwerestrunginacolumndownthepage:Therailroadsofthecountrywereorderedtoreducethemaximumspeedofalltrainstosixtymilesperhour—toreducethemaximumlengthofalltrainstosixtycars—andtorunthesamenumberoftrainsineverystateofazonecomposedoffiveneighboringstates,thecountrybeingdividedintosuchzonesforthepurpose.
Thesteelmillsofthecountrywereorderedtolimitthemaximumproductionofanymetalalloytoanamountequaltotheproductionofothermetalalloysbyothermillsplacedinthesameclassificationofplantcapacity—andtosupplyafairshareofanymetalalloytoallconsumerswhomightdesiretoobtainit.
Allthemanufacturingestablishmentsofthecountry,ofanysizeandnature,wereforbiddentomovefromtheirpresentlocations,exceptwhengrantedaspecialpermissiontodosobytheBureauofEconomicPlanningandNationalResources.
