Word: existing
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...isolated spot . . . We should view the Free Pacific as a whole." The U.S. and its allies, said Dewey, are already carrying most of the burdens of a Pacific defense treaty, but are getting none of the benefits. Concluded Dewey: "We should stop allowing these vacuums of power to exist, because they invite wars . . . The greatest force on our side ... is moral leadership. If we abandon our friends and our moral leadership, we shall deserve the fate which will most surely be visited upon...
...groups primarily affected by the Administration membership list ruling were the Y.P.'s and the John Reed Club. The former complied and submitted the necessary lists, but the latter group went "underground" and ceased to exist officially...
Then Williams got interested in the income taxes of racketeers. Organized crime cannot exist without political protection, and it was only logical to suspect that the protection might extend to income taxes. Williams got and put into the Senate records the income-tax files of Harry Gross, Frank Costello, Phil Kastel, Ralph Capone, Greasy Thumb Guzik and others. Costello, for instance, was 20 years delinquent in taxes and had not been investigated for ten years. The Treasury protested that it couldn't collect from Costello because he didn't seem to have any property. Williams helpfully furnished...
Neither party could agree on what the facts were, and as no minutes exist of the executive board votes that Tobin bases his statements on, he will bring the issue before the members at this evening's meeting. He would not guess what action the group may take. Under the constitution, violation of any of its articles is ground for removal of an officer or suspension of a member...
...record of the past four years we do not think that it should. It is our belief that much of the corruption, waste, and ineptness which exist in Washington are but the natural consequences when one party is in power for 20 years...