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G.O.P. Congressmen watched suspiciously. In spite of all the fine words, they felt that their brainchild was in unsympathetic hands. But they were determined that it should work. They prepared to double the funds for the expanded NLRB, promised that the Mediation and Conciliation Service would get all the money it needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Working the Unworkable | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

...policy, and inflationary effects, but none of the proponents of tax reform have examined HRI at its most vulnerable point. Despite the apparent justice of an equiproportional tax cut for everybody, the bill proves on closer examination to be a vicious example of regressive tax relief. In effect, the brainchild of Messrs. Knutson and Martin gives little aid to the lower income brackets and reserves the plums for the well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brass Tacks | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

...brainchild of New York's ex-Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, is one of the most comprehensive health schemes U.S. citizens have been offered. Members must also subscribe to a hospital insurance plan, such as Blue Cross. For a total annual premium ranging from $38.64 for an individual to $111 for a family (about half paid by the employer, half by the employe), they will get unlimited medical treatment for almost any disorder except acute alcoholism and drug addiction. It will include preventive medicine, with a thorough physical examination at least once a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: HIP, HIP | 11/4/1946 | See Source »

...know. We served as midwives at the birth of his brainchild--the editorial page...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Carol, Don't Do It--Phil Is True to You; Really Was in Labor | 10/31/1946 | See Source »

...Armchair Auditing," the latest brainchild program of the Crimson Network, will bring to the air tomorrow night the first of a series of regular academic lectures by professors and department heads in the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHCN Lecture Series, "Armchair Auditing," Will Begin Tomorrow | 10/29/1946 | See Source »

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