Word: make
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Allies. "Here are the things we must do," said the President. ". . . We will continue to uphold the principles of the United Nations . . . We will continue to work with the other free nations to strengthen our combined defense . . . We will build up our own Army, Navy and Air Force and make more weapons for ourselves and our allies . . . We will expand our economy and keep it on an even keel...
Next day, Mr. Truman put his call to action in a formal emergency proclamation: "I summon all citizens ... I summon our farmers, our workers . . . and our businessmen ... I summon every person of every community to make, with a spirit of neighborliness, whatever sacrifices are necessary for the welfare of the nation...
...home front, he called for immediate economic mobilization under a strong administrator with full authority over economic controls, production and civilian manpower. Abroad, he said, the U.S. should make it plain which areas of the world it is prepared to defend, should form a military alliance with Tito and Franco, arm the Germans, Japanese and Nationalist Chinese, limit Marshall aid to countries which would help the U.S. fight in case...
...quite what some of the mobilizers already on the scene had in mind. Coordinator W. Stuart Symington had been quick to abdicate gracefully; it was he who had proposed Wilson in the first place, and he had also urged appointing Wilson on Wilson's terms though they would make Symington's job less important. But rumor flitted briefly through the capital that both Secretary of Commerce Sawyer and National Production Authority Boss William Henry Harrison were apprehensive. Harry Truman's directive put an end to any argument: Wilson would be the unfettered general manager of U.S. preparedness...
Denison will depend on the services of a six foot two senior, Bob Wright, and a high scoring sophomore, Jim Emanuelson, to make a game...