Word: allotment
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...Treasury still throws up its hands in horror at the idea of forced allocation of bonds to the banks, but recognizes that possibly it may be necessary to allot the banks quotas of bonds to be bought. This, the New Dealers point out, is voluntary and was done in the last war. How voluntary it will be with the Treasury in the mood of "the customers be damned" remains to be seen. But if forced allocation becomes a fact by what ever name it may be called, the Government will in effect have to take control of the whole banking...
...much-dreaded labs are not so grim as advertised. Concentrators say that they make some of their best friends in Mallinckrodt. The secret of doing well in the labs is to allot time so that while one experiment is heating, another is underway. If the experiments aren't thought out carefully so that long gaps of time are utilized, labs can be fatal...
While revealing no details, Brig. Genllershey said it will require service men to allot for support of their dependents a specified portion of their pay which would be matched by an equal or larger amount from the Federal Treasury...
Protagonists. This struggle, and the issues involved in it, has been among the most complex in New Deal history. On the one hand is a Federal body set up to allot radio frequencies and license stations in the public interest. Through its licensing power it theoretically holds the whip hand over every one of the country's 890-odd stations. At its head is a tall, unreconstructed Texan, an oldtime anti-trust lawyer and regionalist who was once general counsel...
...will be expected of each volunteer that he allot a portion of his time to defense training in his school so that he will shortly become adept at executing almost any position in Civilian Defense. Thus, in the event of an emergency, whenever additional defense personnel is needed, the versatile Shock Brigades could be called upon for service...