Word: conservationism
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Election of a trout-fishing President in 1952 must have encouraged conservationists and those who favor orderly development of natural resources. After all, the G.O.P. was the party of Theodore Roosevelt, of Gifford Pinchot, and of George Norris, all pioneers in the conservation field. And Eisenhower's selection of Douglas...
Natural Resources. Republican "giveaways" must be stopped, and the policies of conservation "which were in effect for years before the Eisenhower Administration" must be restored. Watersheds, public lands, national forests and parks, minerals and the soil must all be protected more rigorously against those who would exploit them. "This administration...
"One of the Best." Yet the onstage Adlai was in comparatively dull fettle. In Albany he devoted three pages of a five-page speech in homage to New York's roster of eminent Democrats (Roosevelt, Lehman, Al Smith), not neglecting recent foes Averell Harriman and Carmine De Sapio. Nor...
Natural Resources. Both advocate bigger and better soil, water and timber conservation programs, more support for the national-park system, more outdoor recreational facilities. At issue: the Democrats advocate more public-power projects and more Government control over the nation's resources; the Republicans believe their development must come...
The Administration's "giveaway" in Hell's Canyon, cried Senate Democrats, would "reverse 50 years of conservation policy." They complained bitterly of Administration pressures against their bill. "The White House," said Wyoming's Senator Joseph O'Mahoney, "is marshaling all the pressure it can" against the...