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...resolution to make a "full and complete investigation of all lobbying activities intended to influence, encourage, or retard legislation." Backed by the Democratic party, this step would presumably also carry the approval and support of the Justice Department and of President Truman, who sharply attacked lobbying activities in the Eightieth Congress during his campaign last summer...
...would appear that conservative Republicans have scrambled aboard a pretext in order to embarrass their opponents. Such hypocritical strawsnatching has set a queasy precedent for the future for the present Congress. If Tory Republicans earnestly determine to make the Eightieth Congress another "do-nothing" session, they can at least block important items of the Fair Deal, with the aid of fellow-conservatives from the South. And this would be in spite of the GOP party platform which agrees with the Fair Deal in such significant areas as civil rights. It looks as though the Old Guarders hate the Administration more...
More cherished are the thanks of all those whom she has helped or to whom she has given joy. One musicologist wrote not long ago, "She receives the homage of every musician the world over." A declaration from President Roosevelt for the celebration of her eightieth birthday probably best expresses the gratitude of the public. "Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge has done what none before her had found the means to do. No one has contributed more to the understanding of music in America, and no one has given greater encouragement to writers and performers of music in America than Mrs. Coolidge...
Former doubts of the committee about the legality of the program are now gone. Under the Displaced Persons Law passed by the Eightieth Congress, however, the incoming students must be assured of financial support. And since the law provides that a DP cannot be supported entirely by charity, the NSA must arrange part time jobs as well as aid from students and college funds...
Especially blasted in the letter is the Republican record during President Roosevelt's administration; the Young Republicans state that the GOP exhibited "almost blind opposition to social welfare measures." They also single out the eightieth Congress for providing the "kind of embarrassment which the 1948 nominee could ill afford...