Word: joint
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bradley, a member of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee which aided the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War, urged the audience to recognize the prevalent tendency in this country which he claimed is toward a fascist state and preparation for war. He advocated a "return to the old ideals...
...continuation of their disagreement last December before the Joint Congressional Committee investigating industrial profits, the two economists split over the advisability of employing heavier taxation to limit corporate profits...
Bradley was removed from his position as head of the German department at New York University when the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee's national executive council, of which he is a member was cited by the House Un-American Activities Committee for refusing to turn over a list of the Spanish refugees they had helped to house...
Professor Harris and Slichter disagreed last December on whether industry's profits were too high, when they testified before a joint sub-committee of the 80th Congress...
...Joint Committee on the Economic Report, in its annual report, predicted another boom year, and thought it "premature to speak of 'recession' and absurd to speak of 'depression' when all the basic industries are continuing to produce at capacity." Not all businessmen were as optimistic. In the economic crosscurrents, no one was certain how great the shakeout in prices and jobs might be. But the next two months, usually marked by a spring pickup, would tell the tale. Businessmen would then know how much of the slide had been seasonal-and how much a permanent drop...