Word: hamstringers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Such a law would go far to hamstring such public debate as prompted the reorganization of OPM and the Office of Civilian Defense. Said Senator Harry S. Truman, of the Truman Committee investigating the war program: If the bill is ever enacted, his committee "might as well adjourn." He meant...
Paradoxically, while the unactivities committee dreamed the last one out, it has done great harm to the nation. In the name of democracy it has smeared "decent, progressive and loyal Americans" with false evidence while overlooking local Fascists. Dies has used his committee attempting to hamstring the social gains of...
The Shame. But for Douglas MacArthur the future looked dark. The best he could reasonably hope for was that he and his men could hang on, delay the Jap, perhaps effectively hamstring some of the forces that the enemy hopes to use on a more important strategic position: Singapore. For...
However, it is not that the Smith bill is a completely devilish or undemocratic device to hamstring labor that we take our stand against it. The requirement of the secret ballot in strike votes, the provisions for voluntary arbitration in the event the mediation board fails, and the registration of...
The R. A. F. was also dishing it out to the Germans at night, smashing full reserves (to hamstring the Luftwafle's training program), rail centres like Cologne, submarine-building and repair plants. But the harried British grew restive. U. S. correspondents grew cantankerous. It was absurd, they said...