Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Congress assembled on Jan. 3 many a hard-money man's heart fluttered apprehensively lest Congress should inflict inflation on the U. S. Fortnight later Franklin D. Roosevelt dosed Congress with some homeopathic medicine, asked authority to devalue the dollar to the 50?-60? level. Thereupon the Congressional demand for inflation all but disappeared. Last week it made a new appearance. Inflationary bills, like bright red pock marks, appeared on several parts of the U. S. legislative body. Three bills in particular-proposals to give somebody something handsome-promised inflation. They loomed particularly large because they threatened to make...
...emphasized the need for clear and cool-headed thinking. The CRIMSON concedes that pacifistic groups should organize and be enthusiastic. How is it to be done without holding public meetings when one hasn't the money for claborate publicity campaigns and printing? Why haven't pacifists the right to demand police protection if necessary to insure that their meetings shall be as dignified and orderly as any other public gathering is required...
...hour of his success a small incident occurred. In Minneapolis several thousand relief workers converged on the City Hall to demand of the City Welfare Board a 40% increase in relief allowances, continuation of CWA work, an end to the requirement that former CWA workers prove their need in order to get relief. When the Welfare Board did not admit a delegation of the protesters within five minutes, the crowd broke down the door of the Mayor's reception room where the Board was meeting. The Board members scampered out through other exits. It was just an incident, little...
...charge of exports, had declared in his book The New Capitalism published scarcely two months ago: "High prices, particularly if they are out of balance, tend to destroy the interchange of goods, and cause a starved flow of goods to consumers. Such prices destroy purchasing power, dry up demand, create unemployment, and lower the standard of living...
...Robinson last week called the bill "very extreme," adding: "I believe we will pass a stockmarket bill which will not damage anyone excessively and still be effective." Speaker of the House Rainey said: "I haven't talked with many Committee members but I understand there is an awful demand for revision. . . . There is considerable talk of liberalization and I think this can be done without destroying the efficacy of the plan...