Word: armament
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...funeral, Mayor Coëne, wearing his tricolor sash of office, stepped forward to read an oration. Said he: "I salute the mortal remains of Gaston Depestel . . . who has died without ideals in the unjust war of the Viet Nam, for the armament makers and the plantation owners . . ." At that point, an Indo-China war veteran put his hand over the mayor's manuscript and said quietly: "Rien de ça Monsieur le Maire" (Cut it out, Mister Mayor...
...that no action of hers shall in any way provoke war. People sense that Churchill, with his martial spirit and forthright ways, might somehow hasten a war. Churchill, sensing this mood, is careful in the House not to sound more warlike than the Socialists. His recent attack on the armament program flopped because of this attitude. He obviously thought that a 15-day call-up of reserves was inadequate but refused to be maneuvered into advocating even 16 days in camp...
...product. Everything from steel ..to nuts & bolts and electronic gadgets may be ticketed for a specific contractor. But Wilson still has not made up his mind whether CMP will cover all materials, both for civilian goods and arms, or just for arms. (Prospects are that CMP will just cover armament production.) By such tight controls, Wilson will push military production to the point where it will take 20% of the gross national product by 1953, compared to 8% now, thus bring many a civilian-goods shortage...
...armament of Europe advocated by Eisenhower, Bundy said, will have two results. It will deter the Russians and will strengthen the will and confidence of Europe. "It is the natural continuation of the Marshall Plan...
...chief reasons for all this were that 1) military production was still at a low level, and 2) what military production there had been was neatly dovetailed with civilian output. Furthermore, with the brighter outlook in Korea, the pressure for armament production this year has dropped. Washington officials last week estimated that spending in the current fiscal year on war goods will be less than previous estimates. But there were other reasons for the outpouring of civilian goods. U.S. industry was expanding so fast -and materials cutbacks had worked so well-that the National Production Authority was changing its mind...