Word: congressed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...prospective English major, David so far has been able to obtain most of the books he needs in Braille, and uses only one reader (a person who reads to a blind student) a week. He also makes use of Talking Books--a program sponsored by the Library of Congress which puts literature on records for the blind. Eventually David would like to do some work for PBH; this past summer he had some experience in tutoring first-year algebra. He would also like to have time for creative writing; he has already written several short stories and some poetry...
...Simultaneously, it limited recruits to men without dependents and those willing to sign up for a three-year hitch. When the Berlin blockade and the Communist seizure of Czechoslovakia took place in 1948, the Pentagon complained that it was far under strength and that relying on volunteers had failed. Congress was told that the draft was needed to get manpower and show U.S. determination to check Communist aggression. The clumsily titled Universal Military Training and Service Act was passed. After that, proposals for returning to a volunteer army were not heard for years...
...rapidly outrun the capacities of a volunteer army, possibly requiring every able-bodied man. Reserves therefore would have to be maintained-with incentives for reservists instead of the threat of the draft. Even the draft itself probably should be kept on standby, perhaps for use with the permission of Congress or in case of declared wars...
...years that followed, the Ryders moldered in the Smithsonian's cramped spaces. At last, when Congress approved a new gallery for the National Collection of Fine Arts in 1958, the Smithsonian could look forward to having a proper showcase for its Ryders. It commissioned Art Restorers Sheldon and Caroline Keck to rehabilitate Ryder's ravaged oils...
...matter of faculty status for service officers assigned to ROTC duty, this is a requirement of law. It follows that no one in the Department of Defense could possibly have the authority to waive that requirement. The Congress could change the law, of course, but the purpose of the provision in the first instance--insuring a respectable position and status for the ROTC program on every college campus, insuring that the program is not categorized as a college game--would be sacrificed. Is such a change necessary or desirable from the viewpoint of the military departments? It is extremely doubtful...