Word: programing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...treaty. When Acheson finished reading a 40-minute summary of what the treaty was about, Connally asked the chief question that was bothering him and some of his friends. If a Senator voted for the pact, would he be committed to vote later for the $1.13 billion arms program to back...
...members to "selfhelp" and "mutual aid." Once the Senate approved the North Atlantic Treaty, said Acheson, it could not consistently repudiate the treaty's commitment to assist Western Europe with arms, but it could reserve the right to determine how much aid the U.S. should provide. The arms program, said Acheson, would be only one-sixth to one-seventh of what the treaty nations would provide for themselves...
...there are two schools of thought. One, led by bulky Bill Boyle, the Democrats' executive vice chairman, wants the rewards to go to the local leaders in each state who have been loyal through & through. The other is led by McGrath, who is worried about getting the Truman program through Congress, and wants to reward at least the milder Dixiecrats: Harry Truman needs their votes in Congress. Last week the two factions took their problems to the White House, accompanied by Vice President Alben Barkley, House Majority Leader John McCormack and Speaker Sam Rayburn. When they emerged, McGrath blandly...
...full-scale Harvard Conference for World Peace opens its two day schedule at New Lecture Hall tonight in another effort to analyze the world's problems. The program starts...
...Band earned its epithet early in the program with "The Seafarer," Haydn Wood's arrangement of sea chanties. Tunes such as "Shenandoah" and "Away Rio" were played in a fine, sweeping style in the Band's first performance of the intricate work. A smooth rendition of Jose Padilla's "El Relicario" was the highlight of the second portion of the program...