Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...engineer of the Norfolk, Va. Industrial Commission recalls the "success" of Southern textile mills during the '305 depression and offers help in starting a Southern branch "to round out your empire...
What, then, could the U.S. do? On one point the State Department and the military could agree: economic aid must be supported by some kind of military help and vice versa. An example of what that meant came this week from Brussels, where Britain and France seemed ready to join with Benelux in a military as well as economic alliance (see INTERNATIONAL). With full U.S. backing, such a pact might finally draw a firm line between the uncertain West and the all-too-certain East...
...Late. Telling testimony came from Lieut. General Albert C. Wedemeyer, whose report on his visit to China last summer is still under lock & key at the State Department. Two years ago, said Wedemeyer, economic help might have been enough for China. "Today, it's too late. ... I wouldn't send $200 million to China unless I sent military aid to protect it. ... We must think in terms of blood as well as treasure. ... If we don't take appropriate steps, we are going to pay in blood. I don't think dollars alone will stop...
From the point of view of form, this produces a mixture. The piece is kept from the oratorio class precisely by its subject, which is too eventful and dramatically intense for an oratorio. One cannot help wishing for a physical reaction from the characters as the events of the tragedy unfold: but all they do is stand there and sing...
Waiters in the Union have suggested a reconsideration of the decision last year to raise their wages from 65 to 75 cents an hour. Their stated preference is 65 cents an hour and meals free while working. Such an arrangement would place undergraduate payments considerably above those of "civilian" help. A compromise can be effected, however, which, although entailing more book-keeping, would install a more equal relationship. Undergraduate employees, like civilians, receive 40 cents credit for each meal eaten on duty. The saving would add up to about $2 per week, when reduced wages are deducted. Although the amount...