Word: answerable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...through 151 turbulent years of U. S. political life. The step that Washington had refused to take he was at the point of taking; the rejection of the Third Term that Jefferson had elevated into a principle of government he was now prepared to challenge. His task was to answer the historic objections to the Third Term-the tenet of democracy which holds that the great reservoir of democratically trained citizens can always yield new leaders; that one danger of democracy is that an ambitious Executive may use the power of his office to keep himself in power...
...Merwin Browne asked at a press conference. "I would like to ask Mr. President, in all honesty and sincerity, why you have refrained from making known your position on the Third Term issue." Correspondent Browne had written and rewritten his question so that it would not provoke a wisecracking answer; had memorized it so that he would not fumble the asking. Replied the President: let the newspapermen listen to the Convention broadcast; they would hear Senator Barkley make an announcement for the President when the Convention's permanent organization was completed. He broke into loud laughter as they rushed...
...important part of the answer to this question is obvious. If the British Isles should now be overwhelmed, the inescapable fact is that there will be a new mistress of the seas. None of Britain's dominions has the financial or industrial resources to support the fleet that ruled the waves even if it is not destroyed or made captive...
...where they were to be used was still undetermined. New York City's officials consulted labor leaders and employers in defense industries on how many men were needed, got no clear-cut answer. In Washington, Defense Commissioner Sidney Hillman, in charge of labor training, surrounded himself with an array of coordinators, directors, advisers, stock takers. Already abandoned was President Roosevelt's plan to conscript 1,500,000 trainees for industrial defense. There was a sharp dispute over whether a shortage of mechanics existed: A. F. of L. claimed that an incomplete survey in 33 States by the Social...
...either 1) employed mechanics, or 2) unemployed (registered with the State Employment Service) with some machine experience, to be put through ten-week brush-up courses for work in U. S. armament factories. Many an applicant wanted to know how much he would be paid while studying (answer: nothing). Many another, eager to serve Uncle Sam, had given up his job to enroll. Among the applicants were night watchmen, janitors, clerks, boys who had never worked. Housewives phoned to recommend their husbands, explained that although the husbands were not mechanics by trade, they were handy around the house. Garment workers...