Word: generaled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...keep open minds with regard to changes in institutions and government. Most important, they have learned that if the conservative values of human dignity, constitutionalism and private property are to be preserved then government, the Twentieth Century Leviathan, must be used as a positive instrument, not only in general but also in particular. Further, instead of trying to preserve an eighteenth century division of functions between the national and local governments they are prepared to experiment with new arrangements. If such attitudes constitute being a 'radical," then the conservative majority needs more such radicalism...
When markets were finally made, prices were down anywhere from 2 to 6 points. General Motors, which had closed at 65¾ the day before election, opened Wednesday at 61. U.S. Steel opened down 4 on a block of 15,000 shares. In the avalanche of selling (3,230,000 shares for the day), the Dow-Jones industrial average dropped 7.3 points, the sharpest break since the crash of the bull market...
...Charles E. Wilson, president of General Motors (which at week's end declared a year-end dividend of $2 per common share v. only 75? last year), could not see how "the results of the election will have any effect on the automobile business...
...prevent a recurrence of the same flaws in the new course, the policy committee has made its continuation beyond this year dependent upon the degree to which the Economics Department conforms to the general policy...
Future conferences will bring representatives from the following firms: Douglas Aircraft (Nov. 26); Vick Chemical Co. (Nov. 29, 30); U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory (Dec. 1); General Electric Co. (Dec. 3); Procter & Gamble Co. (Dec. 6); and American Cyanimid Co. Calco Division...