Word: programming
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...arbitrary control of virtually the entire economic system of the United States. . . ." All business and perhaps all agriculture, said he, could conceivably be included; discretion as to when there was a disagreement was left to the President. If passed, the amendment "will further impede and disorganize the defense program," will also stop normal industrial expansion. It was a threat to labor, since labor cannot strike against the Government and business so acquired would be Government-operated...
...When Roosevelt tried to adjust the internal affairs of the United States to a sick world, they fought him at home as Hitler fought him abroad. Some of the bitter attacks on Roosevelt's program were directly inspired by the agents of Hitler in this country. Others were merely blindly partisan. But, whatever the motive, the effect was the same-these attacks on Roosevelt and his program played into the hands of Hitler. Every evidence of opposition to Roosevelt within the United States has been reason for rejoicing in Berlin...
...vote for Hitler. That is an unjust charge, because the record shows that Mr. Willkie has been just as straightforward as Mr. Roosevelt in his condemnation of Hitler. ... It is an irresponsible charge. . . . Hitler may well believe that he will find tougher opposition in an American defense program run by a man who has had firsthand business experience than in a defense program run by a man who lacks that experience. It is a reckless charge, because [it] is an attempt to arrogate patriotism for the Democratic Party...
Agriculture. Soil-conservation payments, commodity-surplus loans, encouragement of farm purchase by tenants, the food-stamp program, "some such" formula as the two-price system in the twice-vetoed McNary-Haugen Bill. "The platform offers no magic formula. The problem is far too complex. ... It does constitute a promise that the Republican Party genuinely seeks solutions...
Other Council reports in the past decade have dealt with the over-crowding of the Houses; the Faculty tenure system, and its impact on undergraduate instruction; and the relation between intramural and minor sports in the College athletic program...