Word: acted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Selective Service Act ought to allow these citizens to do some work of national importance outside the U.S. . . . The marines would . . . make useful men out of them...
...weeks, WLB had been chafing under firm Fred Vinson's restrictions on fringe awards, wanted him to loosen up, give the board more authority. Last week, as his last official act before becoming Loan Administrator, Vinson handed down a ruling, setting up specific and narrow limits for the granting of such increases. C.I.O. and A.F. of L. promptly howled that the Vinson formula was "completely unworkable," rolled up their sleeves for a shindig. That brought a new figure into the play. Will Davis' place as WLB chairman had been taken by roly-poly, moon-faced Dr. George William...
...Senate passed the "voluntary" O'Mahoney-Kilgore substitute, with fine-or-jail penalties for employers who violate controls of the War Manpower Commission, with utterly no compulsion for workers. Snorted Georgia's Senator Richard B. Russell, who had been for a national service act...
...Muller of Radcliffe will present the signatures today at a meeting of the Fair Employment Practices Act hearing committee to Representative O'Neal of wards 9, 10, and 11, who claims to have heard nothing about the bill from his constituency...
...perpetually wistful expression and querulous British accents that marked McDowall's success in "Lassie Comes Home" hardly blend into a background of ranch life. In spite of his undeniable ability, his unable to act convincingly as a rugged and rural American youth. A Swedish hired hand, left over from Mary O'Hara's book, seems equally out of place. The best characterization of the entire movie was turned in by a horse, whose name we do not remember seeing in the cast of players but whose role was nevertheless the longest and most complex...