Word: burdens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...From all the evidence, U.S. advertising had struck some sour notes with the men in uniform. Variety, after interviewing news commentators returned from overseas, reported: "The G.I.s, they say, resent the constant emphasis on the rose-tinted postwar conditions that will prevail back home at a time when the burden of the battle must still be borne. The commentators say the fighting boys, after catching a gander at such ads in magazines and newspapers sent to the front, throw them away in disgust...
Faced with this awesome burden, more & more hardheaded business men have bluntly warned Washington that unless intelligent plans are made, and made now, the avalanche of contract cancellations on demobilization day may paralyze U.S. industry. One immediate result: industry will be unable to provide the millions of new jobs the U.S. will need...
Wendell Willkie offered U.S. voters Spartan fare: tightened belts and a monstrous tax burden. At New York Times Hall, he asked $16 billion in taxes this year. That was double what the Administration asked, and nearly eight times as much as Congress had voted. In the name of soldiers in battle he asked: "Why should we be comfortable...
First, cut down our civilian economy so as to make fewer civilian-front jobs for women to fill. Second, untie the homemaker's hands by providing adequate community care for her children, and by relieving her of the burden of obtaining and preparing the main meal of the day. Third, give us the truth about our defeats as well as our victories as soon as they happen, whether these are on the homefront or the battlefield. When these things are done and a fair and truly comprehensive count is taken, the whole world will realize that there...
...face an unbelievable horror. If rage shakes us let us take care that it is not futile. We who stay at home cannot take it out in direct action. . . . Let this anger be expressed in work, in sacrifice, in gratitude and in honor toward those who bear the burden. This is how we can beat Japan. This is how we can destroy the beast...