Word: favored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Oddly enough, Democrat Hayworth's toughest problem is with labor. A member of the national board of Americans for Democratic Action, he was long a particular favorite of the U.A.W. But during his 1955-56 congressional term, he polled his Sixth District farmers, found them strongly in favor of flexible price supports-and therefore voted for the Republican Administration's farm program. His vote infuriated the U.A.W., which by no means confines its Sixth District interests to labor policy. High, rigid farm subsidies are an article of the U.A.W.'s national Democratic faith, and Hayworth found himself...
...Moslems of every political stripe must be free to run for office, excepting only active members of the rebel F.L.N. with criminal charges against them. Even candidates who favor outright Algerian independence must be allowed...
...Saudi Arabia, who have overdrawn on their big profits to support their luxurious living, are interested in getting the most possible revenue now. But Tariki, an admirer of Nasser, shows a disposition to settle for less revenue now, which in his view is wasted on palaces and princes, in favor of Arab control of future oil marketing. On this point, the major Western companies insist, they must never yield...
Questioned about the current civil rights controversy in the Democratic Party, Truman declared, "I don't favor purging anybody...
Nevertheless, all things considered, the head athletic managership at Harvard is a most desirable position. He receives invaluable training in assuming business and executive responsibility. Law and Business Schools look with favor upon candidates who have been athletic managers and the experience itself is extremely useful in later life. If a student has the ability to administer the affairs of a large organization, the desire to learn the inner workings of a team, and the talent to become the head manager, he will find that this experience is rarely equaled by student positions at Harvard...