Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Democrats first tried to pooh-pooh the whole affair. Dever, who keynoted the Democratic Convention, refused to answer Herter, denied it was a sneak bill, said both parties had voted for it, charged that the Republican demand for a special session was "a fraud upon the public...
...much of this demand is Lewis likely to get without a strike? Best guess: probably some increase in royalty payments, but not much more. The chances of a prolonged shutdown appear fairly remote. Lewis is just as keenly aware as his bargaining opposites that a strike would be handicapped by several unfavorable factors: 1) industry has a stockpile of almost 80 million tons of bituminous coal on hand, enough to supply the nation for 85 days; 2) many coal operators are losing money; anthracite sales are being cut more & more by natural gas and oil competition, and operational costs...
...once (1950) appeared in Chicago's Loop clad in a Santa Claus suit and handing out Stockholm (i.e., Communist) peace petitions. Subpoenaed by the committee, Bernard invoked the Fifth Amendment, refused to admit or deny Communist activities or sympathies. He left the stand after making a bellicose demand for the $12 owed to him in witness fees...
...countries like India and Pakistan to have deficits ("You can't tighten a belt over a shrunken belly"). But Australia, for example, has made mistakes ("They tried to expand too fast and lived beyond their means"). His advice for Australia, and also for Britain: "They can reduce the demand on their resources or they can increase their output . . . produce more or use less at home . . . find more things to export so they can find the money with which to import...
...about-face without challenge. Snapped one last week: "Let [Canadians] look at our domestic policies. We might look at theirs too, and conclude that one reason Canada is doing so well is that it isn't pulling its weight. It hasn't even the guts to demand conscription." The family reunion promises to be a forum for some healthy plain talk...