Word: frightener
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...special law had been passed; the whole thing was a voluntary restriction, recommended by Petroleum Coordinator "Horrible Harold" Ickes. Unable to frighten motorists into more economical habits, he decided to try forcing them into it by inconvenience. The oil companies suggested the shutdown, and when Ickes accepted it. at once closed their own stations, asked their dealers to do likewise. In cities, most stations complied, figured it would solve labor shortage, cut expenses. Rural dealers, weary of 18-hour days at the pumps, were glad to hear of the edict, for the most part obeyed it. On New York...
...Milwaukee, Senator Gerald Nye called Mr. Roosevelt's speech "a fire-alarm chat," spoke of "the mad rush of interventionists to frighten the American people into . . . further involvement...
...this did not frighten Alexandrians: they saw thousands of soldiers leave for the desert; they saw a formidable part of the fleet...
...bands playing into modern battle aboard tanks and trucks) last week came in for criticism in Congress. Said Ohio's Representative George H. Bender: "Picture the possibilities. As the tank dips into a sharp and unexpected hollow, the cries of anguish from the perturbed saxophone players would probably frighten the enemy to a quick and decisive retreat, unless the soldiers themselves would first throw up their guns in anguish to shut their ears. Having seen some of the tanks in action recently in camp maneuvers, we can understand Mr. Stokowski's determination to avoid the use of clarinets...
...still too early to say; the impending conscription of British labor must give even America's War Liberals pause. But there is still a stronger reason to regard the Two-Front argument as a liberal obfuscation so far as America is concerned. For we have had no Dunkirk to frighten our economic ruling group; nor have we a single, unified, political labor movement with recognized leaders ready to step into the government. Consequently, to America the war has thus far meant the strengthening of the hand of the economic royalist; a halting of social progress, and a burst of labor...