Word: musts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Then Mr. Roosevelt went south to Warm Springs, Ga., for Thanksgiving I. No sooner had he carved the turkey than he gathered the press, told them that he would pass the tax buck to Congress. Those sterling fellows, he intimated, must decide for themselves and the U. S. whether: 1) to pass a new tax bill, which in an election year is similar to harakiri; or 2) simply to go on borrowing money, thereby creating a larger deficit and running the public debt beyond the statutory $45,000,000,000 limit...
...proclamation has one objective: to gain Harvard support for the Russian position. After elaborating Russia's reasons for her attack on Finland, the proclamation adds a brief suggestion that Harvard should disregard the "American imperialists" who are "taking the lead in Chamberlain's anti-Soviet schemes." America must not accept the "pro-war hysteria" which aims to turn her against Russia...
...winds up with the desirable proposition that we keep out of war. However, America must base her reasons for keeping out on more solid ground than this manifesto. Enno Hobbing...
...perhaps to an extent that will endanger our neutrality. For this reason, it is important that the President and State Department be especially careful not to act rashly. A break of diplomatic relations with Russia would be an ill-advised act, at this time above all others, when we must do everything we can to peer through the fog that surrounds Russian policy, and be ready to make the most of possibilities for peace. Now if ever there is a need for cool heads and complete, accurate information for them to work on, not only in the State Department...
...Since she sacrificed so much to gain Finland, she must be planning to follow up with something very soon. It is very likely that that 'something' will be the seizure of Bessarabia, which is now a part of Rumania. Russia lost three territories as a result of the last war: Finland, some parts of Poland, and Bessarabia. She has already regained two of them, and it is my guess that she may have it in mind to get back the third...