Word: blame
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Instantly most of the Cabinet put the blame squarely back on Daladier's own round shoulders: he had run the country two years, he had run the war seven months-why was France unprepared? Daladier angrily countered that France was unprepared because of the crackpot mismanagement of his predecessors, the Front Populaire; because of their 4O-hour week, their love of defense tactics, their coddling of labor. He added that one more military disaster would force France to sue for a separate peace...
...clue to Lewis' poor showing: "Who do you think is most to blame for the present conflict between the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O.-John L. Lewis or William Green?" Lewis, said 39.4%; both, said 21.6%; Green, said 11.0%; neither, said 3.8%; 24.2% did not know...
According to Professor Isaacs, the failure of the old bases of unity is largely to blame for the present European situation. The Catholic Church was supplanted as a unifying force in the Middle Ages by the birth of international law. This was supplemented in the nineteenth century by the theory of balance of power and by the congress system. "But these influences have been entirely swept away in the twentieth century," he said...
Churchill made no great oration, but his was an honest exposition of the Norwegian failure and an earnest plea for national unity. Thunderous cheers, the attention given to his every syllable, his own confident manner proved that Winston Churchill had not underestimated his ability to take blame and get away with it. In the 50 minutes that he spoke he demonstrated also that he was the one man present who commanded the respect of a vast majority of the House. As Big Ben struck the hour of n, he called for a vote of confidence on the question of adjournment...
Special Assistant to the Attorney General Hugh A. Fulton knows some tricks too. One reason Hopson (if he lives) may be convicted is that his stooges are indicted along with him. Great is the temptation to a stooge to try to beg off by helping the Government blame everything on the boss...