Word: ifs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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1) The shorter the war, the less likely is the U. S. to become involved. But the war will be prolonged if the Allies cannot get arms from the U. S. They will have to stand on the defensive until they can build new arsenals and airplane factories. Rebuttal: If...
2) If the U. S. sells arms to the Allies, the whole U. S. economy will become dependent on war trade-business will depend on it for profits, labor for jobs, possibly even lenders for the security of their loans-and eventually the U. S. will have to go to...
Sharply in the minds of political wiseacres was this thesis: if either combatant should win that battle clearly and conclusively, he would be a No. 1 figure in U. S. politics next year. And the Washington wise men added: besides Vandenberg and Roosevelt, no other man in either party stands...
It looked as if Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg was the biggest paradox of all. Vandenberg best symbolized all phases and shades of the opposition to embargo repeal, thus was chosen to open debate for the antis, while Clark (diehard extremist) was to manage the Floor fight; and Borah (traditional romantic) was...
In assessing his chances of victory last week, Vandenberg was well aware, as were all the Senate's elders, that: 1) if the President is to win, he should do it in 30 days, for a dragged-out fight makes embargo-repeal unlikely unless such potential horrors as the...