Word: controls
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...automobile production control, suggested by Mr. Roosevelt last year: "When there is a demand, we should produce as many cars as can be sold...
Manifesto on which the La Follette Progressive Party proposed to unite was summarized in five points which called for: 1) public "ownership and control of money and credit"; 2) restoring "to every American the absolute right to earn his living by the sweat of his brow"; 3) granting "the Executive branch power to get things done . . . with ample guarantees against . . . abuse of such power"; 4) security for "those who work on the farm and in the city . . . measured by ... contribution"; 5) no more "coddling or spoon-feeding . . . restore to every American the opportunity to help himself. After that...
Phil La Follette's points obviously did not add up to a clear-cut set of governmental principles. His one pass at an economic technicality, the brief proposal of Government control of credit, was nowhere amplified. At very least it would mean nationalization of the Federal Reserve banks. At most, it would mean nationalization of the entire banking system. But when he waded into his speech, Phil La Follette spread himself enthusiastically and, to many a listener, compellingly over half the isms in the social and political dictionaries...
...Democrats re-elect a Governor in Pennsylvania this fall he will probably control 72 votes at the next Democratic National Convention, might easily have the deciding say on who got the Presidential nomination. That is the biggest piece of the political booty over which Keystone State Democrats, having despoiled the Republicans in 1934, continued to gouge, rabbit-punch and foul each other last week, with the May 17 primary just 20 days away...
Thus it can be seen that the real interest centers on the strength of the C.I.O. for if they are able to control the Democratic party in so politically vital a state as Pennsylvania, it is apparent that the new "progressive" party will make but little headway in industrial areas...