Word: ethical
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...furor surrounding Baker's business affairs has also brought to light some unusual business arrangements involving members of Congress. Rep.. John W. Byrnes (R-Wisc.), ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee and a firm upholder of the "Puritan ethic," was found to have made a considerable profit on some stock he bough in an insurance company after intervening with the Internal Revenue Service to secure a favorable tax ruling for the firm...
...same time, there was no doubt about a determined G.O.P. drive to link a tax cut with a reduction in Government spending. One attempt to do just that was defeated by a single vote in the House Ways and Means Committee two weeks ago, but the so-called "Puritan ethic" amendment touched a responsive chord in the nation. Encouraged by the reaction, House Republicans met last week, overwhelmingly agreed to introduce an even tougher amendment when the bill reaches the floor this week. The proviso would delay the tax cut unless the President, in January's budget message, promises...
...Game of Chance. Leading spokesman on the Ways and Means Committee for that view was ranking Republican John Byrnes of Wisconsin, a tax expert, who argues that "the 'Puritan ethic' is a lot stronger in this country than some people think." Applying the Puritan ethic to the tax bill, Byrnes offered an amendment that would have prevented the second stage of the tax cut from taking effect on schedule in 1965 unless Kennedy met two conditions beforehand: limiting his fiscal 1965 budget to $98 billion-$800 million under the present budget; and keeping the net national debt below...
...House floor, it will be treated under a "closed rule" barring floor amendments and limiting debate to two days. Even so, says Byrnes, "we will give them fits on the floor." Once voting begins, Byrnes can move to recommit the bill to Ways and Means to reconsider his "Puritan ethic" amendment. But the Administration is counting on mustering enough votes to defeat such a motion and send the bill on to the Senate...
...commentators, who cannot resist speculating on the hallucinogens. Why do intellectuals take the drugs? What are the implications for society? David F. Ricks and Chase Mellen reduce the whole issue to escapism. Ricks talks about despair, ennui and neurosis, Mellen about the contradictions between peyote eating and the Protestant ethic. But neither really faces the fact that ingesting psychedelics is different from taking heroin or watching television. S. Clarke Woodroe goes a bit deeper. Discussing the drug experiences of Baudelaire, de Quincey and other writers, he makes some interesting points about the relation between drugs, megalomaniac delusions, and intellectual creativity...