Word: fears
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...split between the Allies was caused by French and British fear of German competition in export markets if the mark were devalued. François-Poncet argued with a straight face that he did not want the German people to lose faith in their money. Robertson, perhaps even more afraid of Germany's competitive potential, sat snug as François-Poncet carried the ball...
Following Burlingame, Elizabeth Janeway, author of "Daisy Kenyon," deplored what she described as a marked tendency among modern writers to fear any kind of power-political or social-and as a result to preach a doctrine of "wilful irresponsibility" in their books. Mrs. Janeway concluded, however, that "we are on an up-curve of talent and ability...and our best writers are, perhaps more than ever, truly concerned with how people live...
This alteration of the exhibit was one of the few cases where group pressure was able to change the policy of the delegation for, as Warshaw points out, the U. S. group worked in "an internal atmosphere of fear and suspicion. "The suspicion and mistrust within the group," he states, "worked against democracy and fair play...
...Embassy took a strong interest in the leaders and the political affiliations of the members, and that embassy officials frequently attempted to question delegates as to the composition and leadership of their group. But Warshaw and other returning delegates note that the head of the delegation often used fear of the embassy as an "emotional tool" in running their meetings, and that at least one delegate admittedly falsified a report in which he claimed he had been pressured into "turning over names to Foreign Service officials...
...Professor Leontief warned against the train of thought that devaluation will greatly add to the economic strength of the West and that consequently there should be little to fear. "Russia may be rubbing her hands right now in hopes the British worker will have to cut his tandard of living by such degrees that Communism will easily be able to take over Britain...