Word: distressingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Turks, Armenians and French, all fighting to the death, would stop hostilities to let the Americans rescue a hundred or two orphans or start on a journey that involved crossing the firing lines. America has a tremendous prestige as the disinterested friend of all who are in distress. It is something for us to live up to at home! We think these Americans have given up their lives and buried themselves, but we are mistaken. They are doing a work and wielding an influence that any man might desire and covet...
...response of America to Mr. Hoover's appeal must now decide whether these 3,500,000 children in acute distress shall be turned away from more than 17,000 feeding stations, hospitals, and clinics, dependent on American support. There would be no tragedy in history so sweeping or so destructive of those who can deserve no evil...
...Brooks House collection of old clothes, books and magazines, shows that the drive was most successful. Some of the clothing will be distributed to the poor through the Morgan Memorial and the Cambridge Associated Charities. The remainder will be sent overseas by the Near East Relief and the Serbian Distress Committee...
Under such conditions exchange and credit have lost voltage and in turn have paralyzed industry. The Labor interests feel that our nation can not with honor and humanity maintain a policy of isolation and disinterestedness from the distress and suffering of the peoples of Europe. Even if the necessity of the peoples of Europe did not have a compelling appeal, the interrelated economic interests of the world would prevent our limiting our attention solely to this hemisphere...
Although considerable strife and distress may be caused, few strikes can succeed without the backing of public opinion. As soon as popular sentiment has crystallized one way or the other, the strike is won or lost. Consequently, not only the most expedient but the faired dissaray of eliminating strikes would be by the creation of a government board of experts with full power to investigate industrial disputes and publish broadcast its findings. If this board consisted of experts of unimpeachable fairness--men like the late Henry D. Endicott--trusted by capital and labor alike, its recommendations would decide the issue...