Word: action
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...small percentage of the C.I.O., men pledged to "harassment, opposition and obstructionism," subscribe to that program. "They reject our basic policies; they flout the wishes of the majority. No self-respecting organization can long tolerate this dangerous division . . . The majority has the inherent right to protect its course of action and its future stability...
Despite the whopping Kaiser debts to the U.S., RFC Chairman Harley Hise, a onetime California banker and minor Democratic politician, regarded the $44.4 million loans as "sound banking" action. Hise thought that there was "more than a reasonable chance that K-F can succeed...
...group suggested a program by the colleges themselves to eliminate discrimination, together with legislative action, wherever necessary, to outlaw racial or religious bias...
...Action on the food problem now requires two things. First, it must be proved that a problem actually exists and that complaints are not mere gripes. Last year's Council poll has proved completely useless in doing this. Until the Administration is convinced that the food is not good enough as it is, no major changes in the system will occur...
Informed sources at Princeton claim that alumni and members of a minority of the clubs "will never agree to this system." The University has no actual right to step in and take action without unanimous approval of the new quota system and without unanimous approval of the inter-club committee, something that seems impossible at present. Hence the current stalemate...