KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1806

Announcer: “The Columbia Workshop presents the third of Twenty-Six by Corwin, ‘The People, Yes.’”

(A typical opening for Twenty-Six by Corwin, an anthology program on radio; CBS, May 4 to Nov. 9, 1941)

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI)

Based on figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the increases in consumer prices for urban residents during the terms of our last three Presi…