Word: files
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rank-&-file of the Republican Party is essentially rightist, conservative, believes in state rights and the responsibility of the individual; decries New Dealism in all its forms; looks with dismay on the growing interference of the Federal Government in business, and with foreboding on the pandering of the Government to the labor unions...
...Communists undertook formally to abolish the Soviet system, and to merge the Red army with Chiang's forces. To the rank & file, Communist leaders explained carefully that these were "temporary" measures to give the Communist forces a chance to recover from their "battle fatigue." Very clearly, Mao spelled out Communist strategy: "The war between China and Japan is an excellent opportunity for the development of our party. Our determined policy is 70% self-development, 20% compromise, and 10% fight the Japanese...
...last week a chattering teletype in the Chicago Tribune wire room hammered out a note from its Washington bureau: "The file . . . will be signed TRO." That made oldtimers feel a little older. For 35 years the Washington file had signed off with...
...during the presidential campaign, the Democratic Party had paraded its poverty. But last week, the 1948 financial statements of the two major parties, on file with Congress, showed the Democrats were in the black, the Republicans in the red. Obviously there was nothing like a victory to stimulate the check-writing muscles: the Democratic National Committee had collected $2,308,211, and had $51,432 left in the till. The Republican National Committee, which spent $2,736,334, was $228,938 in the hole...
...account also states that Pound reported no signs of strife or disintegration among the leaders or the rank-and-file of the Kuomintang. The only instances of poor morale which Pound discovered were a few student strikes...