Word: graftings
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Shouts of "graft," "corruption" and "waste" drown out the voices of those few brave men, notably Mr. Babson, who ask us to be optimistic toward the business outlook. Every day reveals more scandals involving both government officials and labor leaders as well as business men, from the building trades in New York City to the Emergency Fleet Corporation transactions which cover the entire country. Labor cries out against unemployment as a result of a capitalistic plot, while capital begs for some stabilization in the labor situation. To glance at a front page of a newspaper one would think that...
...Board is that it will enable us to put our shipping on a firm basis at once, where it can compete with England's, which is reported to be "booming." It is extremely important for New York to have houses built immediately; hence the importance of cleaning up the graft in the building trades. When we are asked to be optimistic we are not asked to pass over old evils entirely, but to keep in mind as of primary importance the future reconstruction of the business world. Optimists beg the public not to lose sight of the future...
...little of our war activity leaves much to be desired. Many complain of politics; graft has at times been rife; inefficiency has characterized and will continue to characterize many branches of our military machine. On the whole, however, our horizon is brightening as we are finding our war-time stride. The prospects of the coming year point to a great weight in America's participation in the world struggle...
...into lethargic repose until the next call. The days seem all alike--except that we are served 'chocolat' instead of black, sugarless coffee on Sunday mornings--and they slip by, unsung, into the tumbled yesterdays of 'a little while ago.' I was in tremendous luck to be able to 'graft' my way into this section on the eve of its first real action--and once the action got started it seemed self-perpetuating. I have been an 'extra-man'--so my chance to see things has been excellent. 'Seeing' balls one all up, too. Though in a way also...
...investigation of country and world economics is important to progress. But the question arises, who shall conduct this experimentation? Under an ideal system the scientist, not the politician, would direct the work. For past history in the physical and agricultural departments of the United States reveals the presence of graft and the spoils system...