Word: armaments
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...Cornered ex-Pacifist, ex-Socialist James Ramsay MacDonald and forced him to admit that his National Government has no intention of ruling against possession of armament stocks by its members, not to mention the Royal Family. Not without reason the harassed Prime Minister observed: "It is impossible to differentiate between many munitions firms and firms producing material for use in peace time." After brushing aside with irritation an offer from U. S. Armsquisitor Nye to dump into his lap all dirt discovered by the U. S. Senate which could be thrown at Britons, Mr. MacDonald announced that a Royal Commission...
...PERFECT ALIBI-C. St. John Sprigg -Crime Club ($2). All suspects have alibis when the armament king is murdered. Best are those of killer and victim, which are pierced when a smart young reporter helps the police. Jekyll-and-Hyde motif...
...world any more peaceable, the cause of peace began to run short of good ammunition. Early this year the gunners against war found fresh shot; shell for their crusade in the munitions business itself. A few writers and editors, headed by Quincy Howe, took up the cry that armament makers incite war for their own economic advantage. Last March FORTUNE pointed up the issue in an article setting forth the primary facts of the world arms trade. Editors found the peace-hungry public liked it and the headlines grew. In Congress Senators Nye and Vandenberg proposed an investigation, got nowhere...
...naval conference Japan will propose that nations have equal rights to armament but that they reduce armaments to a minimum defense need...
...Soberly received from Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald this veiled but momentous call to arms: "If now our armament is strengthened, as it will have to be on account of the needs of the nation, I believe that His Majesty's Government will never be accused of strengthening it for offensive purposes...