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Show CLOSING SCHOOLS IS BEINGOUGHT National Child Labor Committee Commit-tee Objects to Children Losing Los-ing School Work. WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. The price of copper required for war uses will be fixed by the war industries board probably within a week or ten days. I At the offices of the board it was suggested sug-gested today the price would be between be-tween 20 and 22 & cents a pound. The government's policy respecting the cost of copper and similar metals, it is said, will bo to allow liberal prices to stimulate production. Unless good prices aro given it will be difficult, it is held, to Induce capital to invest in now properties and the country will soon face a shortage of these metals. Eugene Meyer, Jr., of New York, was named today a special assistant to Bernard M. Baruch of the war industries in-dustries board, in chargo of copper purchases. oo It takes six-months to make a really good .piano. |