Word: alarmism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...educational system in this country been the demigod some have supposed, any crisis in its health should have been viewed with alarm. But the fact is that education is still several decades behind present-day social and economic needs. The whole vast secondary-school system is nothing more nor less than a widespread and well-organized college "prep" course. A majority of the colleges are training schools for the professions, as if we could successfully operate an industrial world with trained ministers, lawyers, teachers, doctors and dentists while all other workers remained untrained...
...range planes (excluding bombers) not to exceed 30% of the combined air forces of Germany's neighbors, or 50% of the French air force (2,286 planes) at once, and full air equality with Germany's neighbors to begin after five years. To the world's alarm, Germany's 1934 budget adds some 40% to her army appropriation, triples the 1933 outlay for air defenses - an increase of 352,000,000 marks...
Madrid, April 25--A "state of alarm" was declared throughout Spain tonight, following resignation of the government of prime minister Alejandro Lerroux. This is the second step toward martial law, permitting the authorities certain mandatory privileges over civilians, martial law will be next and may be declared if the government crisis is not settled shortly or labor unrest causes renewed violence. The president set about seeking a new prime minister immediately to give Spain a new government...
...manifesto announcing that they would not allow Congress to adjourn until the bill had been voted on. The Hearst Press has steadily ballyhooed the bill. Many Congressmen look upon it lovingly, sure that it would please their constituents. Therefore Speaker Rainey and Majority Leader Byrns viewed it with much alarm, believing that, given an opportunity, the House would certainly pass it, possibly repass it over a veto. Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau in a lengthy criticism declared that the bill's costs ''out-weigh any benefits that the legislation could achieve...
...Cutten's actual commitments ranged between 2,700,000 bu. and 3,575,000 bu. In high spirits, Secretary Wallace last week referred to Speculator Cutten's Satevepost articles as "an interesting series . . . vigorously opposing all forms of Government regulation of the exchanges and viewing with alarm the operations of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration." "Mr. Cutten," said the Secretary, "is one of our greatest supporters of the law of supply & demand and laissez faire." Bitter in the conviction that he was being singled out as a prominent "goat" for New Deal publicity purposes, Speculator Cutten would say nothing...