Word: armament
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Nobody planned, in August or September, that things would happen this way in China in November. The world's most powerful nation was not then ready to plan the peace of the most populous. We acted on hope and in furtherance of Japanese dis armament. Now Americans may duck out, but the U.S. has gone too deeply into the China affair to duck all responsibility for what may ensue. If all-out civil war develops, our moral position may be more uncomfortable than...
...year, consumer goods will start appearing. . . . They may not appear in great quantity, but still they will appear." Other things, such as the rebuilding of the railroads and the consolidation of Soviet political security, compete with consumers' goods production. But the possible allocation of men and materials for armament production and heavy industry would be limited-perhaps sharply limited-by the cry for galoshes and paint, for houses and leisure...
Five hundred and fifteen scientists who were engaged in war research on the atomic bomb at Harvard and M.I.T. released a statement Wednesday to plead for international control of atomic energy and to "alert the American people and government to the terrible consequences of an armament race with atomic weapons...
...such devastation at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This country with its concentrated industrial centers is entirely vulnerable to such weapons; nor can we count on, or even expect, effective countermeasures. Unless strong action is taken within the near future toward a positive control, this country will be drawn into an armament race which will inevitably end in catastrophe for all participants...
...German, Hungarian and collaborationist properties has already put 6,800 enterprises, employing 800,000 workers, under Government management. The nationalization of loyal Czechoslovak industry, banks and insurance companies (with compensation) is proceeding more slowly, encountering more difficulties. Up for Government ownership on the official list are mines, utilities, foundries, armament and chemical plants, pottery, porcelain and glass factories, cement, textile and metal factories. For the present, businesses employing fewer than 500 workers are exempt. The end objective: 70% nationalized, 30% free...