Word: programing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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George Marshall went on to the attack. The $6.8 billion was not just an "asking figure," purposely padded in anticipation of congressional cutting. Clenching his fist, he demanded that Congress provide this "adequate" amount or reject his entire proposal. Said he: "An inadequate program would involve a wastage of our resources with an ineffective result. . . . Either undertake to meet the requirements of the problem or don't undertake...
...Suppose we decide that $6 billion is enough. I don't believe that would prove absolutely fatal to the program...
...questions raised by the report, however, transcend personalities. They have to do with the general welfare. One of the grave questions was how large a Government program could be imposed on the nation without weakening U.S. democratic principles. Could the U.S. insure itself against war without turning into an authoritarian state...
...strategy recognized that in the long run defense of the Mediterranean would hinge largely on success of the European Recovery Program. However, while Congress debated ERP, Russian satellites might make military moves which would require military answers. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz said: "In the Mediterranean we would like to keep our ships as near war standards as possible...
...clear, unequivocal answer to Soviet attempts to scuttle the European Recovery Program. For the 40 million Germans of Bizonia's eight states, General Lucius D, Clay, the U.S. commander, outlined a new form of economic government. The new government would have a two-house legislature, a six-member cabinet, a chief executive. It would have a central bank to issue currency and control credit. Its powers would be exercised through economic courts backed up by occupation armies. The goal: a beefing up of Bizonia's limping production. "These are proposals," said Clay, "not a dictate...