Word: gop
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Anticipating the pressure of a new Congress, President Truman has already removed price, wage, and salary controls except the ceilings on rent, rice, and sugar. And in one of the earliest moves of new GOP leaders, Representative Joe Martin has announced intentions to reduce income taxes by 20 per cent, and a consequent paring of appropriations for all government projects, including an Army and Navy engaged in vital Occupation duties. Further Republican proposals in this revival of the Crystal Palace era of laissez-faire include shelving of the minimum-wage bill and President Truman's measure to establish a Federal...
WASHINGTON, November G--A revived GOP snatched control of Congress from the Democrats yesterday and suggestions arose immediately that President Truman resign to abildily the nation's leadership with a single party...
Sumner H. Slichter, Lamont University Professor and a prime mover in the Committee for Economic Development, drew an analogy between the Democratic success in 1932 and the GOP sweep on Tuesday. "Every party has its blind spots," he explained. "One of the things which contributed most to the rejection of Hoover in 1933 was that he couldn't visualize adequately the problems of the unemployed and was very slow in getting the Government to help with relief. Now the Democrats have been in office long enough to get into some ruts--to develop some blind spots. One big blind spot...
...analysis of the Fulbright plan, calling for President Truman's resignation and a placing of the country in GOP hands, William Yandell Elliott, professor of Government, said, "It makes a good deal of sense. We cannot afford a government that is deadlocked in this crucial time of world history. If the President chooses a moderate Republican, there will be a real chance to work along the main lines of domestic policy and strengthen foreign policy. The nation is obviously calling for a change in labor policy...
Graduates Are GOP...