Word: curtailer
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...first fireside talk after Pearl Harbor, Optimist Roosevelt reported: "A review this morning leads me to the conclusion that at present we shall not have to curtail our normal use of articles of food...
...meet the challenge of peace. "There will be a demand for a more complete utilization of the nation's economic resources . . . a political demand that no administration will ignore. We of industry . . . must take the initiative in both planning and action. . . ." To that end, "we should not curtail our research during the emergency." Although there may be no great single new industry to spark the post-war transition, there will be much rebuilding to do ("the American production plant is obsolete"), many a new opportunity. General Motors, he revealed, is already developing a bank of new or improved products...
...primary purpose be the nurturing of cannon fodder. The University's donation to this war will be not so much flesh and blood as brains, specialized and trained in science, economics, and the art of modern war. Except for the three-year program, there are no plans to curtail academic work for students. On the contrary, the curriculum will be increased by the addition of new defense courses training men for special skills. The Faculty's nomadic existence between here and Washington will not turn into a great migration to the capital; t will probably remain just...
That a strong democratic government tends to increase rather than curtail civil liberties was the consensus of opinion of the panel of speakers at the first Dunster House Forum of the year last night...
...have been relying too heavily on increased output for our defense resources, according to Harris, and we haven't begun to curtail capital expansion, while our consumption has been increasing too fast. Reduction of consumption by increased taxation, priorities and forced savings will be increasingly necessary, following the British practice...