Word: acted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...does Congress hesitate to pass a National Service Act? If a man can be forced to die for his country, why should he not be forced to work...
...tariff battle was on. In a surprise message to Congress this week, Franklin Roosevelt asked not only for extension of the reciprocal Trade Agreements Act (it would expire June 12), but also for power to reduce present tariffs still more...
...original Trade Agreements Act, passed in 1934, gave the President power to cut existing tariffs by 50%. In the case of some countries (especially England and Canada) the full cuts were made. Now the President asked for power to reduce the present tariffs by another 50%-or a possible total...
While they waited for travel permission or soldier husbands, those in Britain got some advice on how to act when they get to their new home. The advice, "A Bride's Guide to the U.S.A.," was cooked up by the British Good Housekeeping and the London staff of OWI. Excerpts...
...only a prodigious effort by every man, woman & child has enabled the nation to survive the war; 2) only a similar effort will enable it to survive afterwards. Therefore, to fight her way back to lost markets, lost shipping routes, and lost living standards, Britain is ready to act like a nation at war-with many socialist-seeming appurtenances...