Word: humphrey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...against the proposed $20-per-capita cut in federal income taxes, the U.S. Senate's Finance Committee last week heard a clear contrast between the economic philosophy of the Eisenhower Administration and that of the Fair Deal Democrats. Speaking for the Administration was Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey, lawyer and industrialist. For the Fair Deal Democrats the spokesman was Leon Keyserling, lawyer, economist and onetime bureaucrat, who was chairman of President Harry Truman's Council of Economic Advisers...
...Strictly a Phony." Humphrey had his say first. He was firmly against the $20 tax cut. Reason: it would mean more deficit financing and thus would have a serious inflationary effect on the U.S. economy. By increasing the cost of living, Humphrey believes, inflation could take away from the taxpayer more than he would get from...
Looking straight at Florida's Democratic Senator George Smathers, Humphrey said that Smathers' "compromise" plan to schedule the tax cut tentatively for July 1, 1956 was "strictly a phony" device to offer the voter an election-year plum that might later be snatched away. Said the Secretary of the Treasury: "This Administration advocates further tax cuts, but only at such time as we can see them justified by further cuts in spending and increased revenues from economic growth that broadens the tax base...
Grays scored first of a field goal by Mike Prichard, but Hollis went ahead on a foul shot by Humphrey Nichols, two free throws and a long push shot from the side by Bill Farnham. The losers led by as many as nine points in the first half. But Charley Currier. Dale Junta and Tony Gilbert led a surge for grays that brought the half-time score to Hollis 15, Grays...
...Best actor: Humphrey Bogart (The Caine Mutiny); Marlon Brando (On the Waterfront); Bing Crosby (The Country Girl); James Mason (A Star Is Born); Dan O'Herlihy (Adventures of Robinson Crusoe...