Word: congress
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Although there has been no action on this program by either President Truman or Congress, the President said in March that "a soundly conceived Federal scholarship program in our colleges and universities is a necessary step" in giving American youth the highest possible level of training. The ideal of getting those two million qualified people into colleges is obviously desirable, even though a project of this great scope would be bound to raise problems here and at almost every college in the country...
Hoffman implied that if Europe did not get to work quickly on slashing tariffs and trade restrictions, Congress would be pretty cool towards shelling out more money to keep Europe's economy functioning and happy...
...same time, however, Hoffman and Congress are failing to hit at our own trade barriers, the economists claim, barriers which are equally effective in preventing any healthy trade between this country and Europe. Europe has some goods which it could profitably sell to the U.S., goods which can bring in badly-needed dollars. Our tariffs are effectively preventing their importation...
...dollar goods she must buy from the U.S. to help her own recovery. The Marshall Plan is supposed to cover this gap, but it is due to lapse in 1952. There is a good possibility that it may be continued much longer than this for political reasons. But if Congress fails to renew the Plan, and at the same time tactfully continues to duck the question of our own trade barriers, a dollar starved Europe is going to have to arable around pretty hard to keep from a serious economic cave...
Among the union leaders at the signing ceremony at the White House was President Emil Rieve of the C.I.O. textile workers. As he left the White House, he announced a new goal: his 450,000 members will ask Congress to raise the minimum wage to $1 an hour...