Word: importations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...longer to ignore the will of Congress, despite its own contempt for the Franco dictatorship, the Administration did its best to make it look as unlike a Marshall Plan project as possible. ECA would send no mission to Madrid, would leave the handling of the money to the Export-Import Bank...
...Tito to offset a famine which might, said the President, topple Tito from power. President Truman did not deny that Tito was a Communist; he simply did not mention it. "Tito's defection from Kremlin control represents the first setback for Soviet imperialism and as such is an important political symbol," explained Mr. Truman. "Tito controls the largest fighting force in Europe except the Soviet Union and . . . these forces constitute an important element in the defense of Western Europe against Soviet aggression." The President wanted Congress, when it reconvened Nov. 27, to approve emergency funds to feed the drought...
Furthermore, the U.S. should make some changes at home if it wanted to keep the international economy in kilter, said Gray. Sample suggestions: cut farm subsidies (so that Europe could afford to sell grain in U.S. markets), lower import tariffs, and stop giving special treatment to U.S. firms in shipping of goods abroad. Also, Congress should allow dollar aid to be spent in places other than...
...Korea, and like others which flicker and flash in nearly every part of the world, have two aspects. Militarily, the discussions and decisions of the U.N. are subordinated to the power of the great nations. But in the moral and ideological struggle, the U.N. talk is of great import, and we should not overlook any measure that will strengthen our parliamentary position...
Meanwhile, a 40 percent increase in population over the past 20 years means that the Philippines, an agricultural nation, must import food to stay alive...