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...which he figured currently at 40,000 per month. "We are at a strategic point in our economy," he said. "If we go on as we are, we are in for stagnation and decline. One of the interesting observations of recent years is the inability of the system to maintain itself at any level it has attained. We do not stop. We either go forward or back." He was for going forward, and gave as "the overall question" of the investigation: "Why have we not had full employment and full utilization of our magnificent resources...
Premier Edouard Daladier denounced the strike as "political," a test not only of his administration but of the French democracy's ability to withstand minority pressure in a crisis. He believed he could beat the strike and maintain his Government's prestige if he could maintain the public services, so he invoked a statute on the books since July and militarized all transport, communications, war industries and the Government service. He also served notice that workers who obeyed Leon Jouhaux's orders to report for work in military plants and then "fold arms" would be jailed...
...utterances, insisted that his acceptance of the Grand Cross of the Order of the German Eagle* "does not . . . involve any sympathy on my part with Naziism." To prove it, he authorized a warmly pro-Jewish statement. Excerpts: "I believe that the United States cannot fail at this time to maintain its traditional role as a haven for the oppressed. . . . Because of their special adaptability . . . [the Jews] would offer to the business of this country a new impetus at a time like this, when it is badly needed. ... I am confident that the time is near when there will...
...Author of a work called Democracy versus Autocracy (1918) and of a translation of Sombart's Deutscher Sozialismus (1937), Professor Geiser wanted to keep his medal (first-class German Eagle), did his best to make a case for it. Said he: "I have consistently attempted to maintain the historical attitude of understanding and interpreting Germany. . . . Assuming that my citation by the present German Government is a recognition and appreciation of my efforts in behalf of justice toward Germany, I intend to accept...
Today, perhaps two dozen of the "too many elms" which displeased Lowell are still standing. As old trees have died, replacements have been made in order to maintain the "classic shade." The University spends thousands every year in maintaining the splendor of the Yard's ancient trees...