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...great disturbing factors in life-especially those which relate to unemployment and old age. ... I believe that the funds necessary to provide this insurance should be raised by contribution rather than by an increase in general taxation. Above all, I am convinced that social insurance should be national in scope, although the several States should meet at least a large portion of the cost of management, leaving to the Federal Government the responsibility of investing, maintaining and safeguarding the funds constituting the necessary insurance reserves." Defenses: "This Congress has not only set an example of large vision for all time...
...precipitation over 1,000,000 sq. mi. from the Rockies to the Lakes was less than 20% normal. "Worst drought since 1894," said the Lincoln, Neb. Weather Bureau. "Worst in 50 years," retorted Chicago. "There has never been anything like it," cried AAAdministrator Chester Davis. "For intensity, duration and scope, this drought exceeds anything in our knowledge. The ensuing crop failure is likely to be just as drastic...
...present case, however, the answer to the principal question on the ballot indicating whether or not the voter is sympathetic to the Roosevelt policies so far, may lead to some ambiguity in interpreting the results. The policies of the Roosevelt regime have been so far-reaching in scope that they have affected practically all contemporary fields of human endeavor, including the social, economic, and political. Hence, the diversity of opinion with which the New Deal has so far been received and which makes it all but impossible to express unqualified approval or disapproval of its methods. The liberal...
...their innermost convictions should make it more than usually trustworthy. In any case the poll will indicate conclusively whether or not Harvard's traditionally conservative student body leans to the left or right, since, broadly speaking, this is the only issue which can be satisfactorily settled considering the broad scope of the more pertinent of the two questions...
...foreign markers in which he is able to foment enough suspicion to sell large bills of goods. Here is the rock upon which every private conference that precedes official disarmament conferences has split. Here the circle closes. So long as we must have armaments we must lend rein and scope to the business methods of the armorers. What happened at Briey, considered in this light, was very simple: the mere working out of the profit system in armaments to its perfect, logical, and ultimate conclusion...