Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Taft-Hartley law was the fighting issue, even though many other actions of the 80th Congress did not please labor. The Republican leadership in Congress had sponsored and pushed through the law. The fact that a majority of Democrats voted for the law was offset by the strong veto of the President. The Taft-Hartley Law made it impossible for even Republican labor leadership to endorse Governor Dowey. Under the New Deal there were always a number of Republican labor leaders to endorse their party's candidate. It is significant that this year only one president of an international union...
...Hooper claimed that O'Brien is trying to offset his leftist backing by proclaiming his Catholicism. The CRIMSON must recognize the fact that support from Communists does not automatically tie one up with them. Roosevelt in 1944 was backed by the same party with equal if not greater accolades. We challenge the CRIMSON to prove that O'Brien had used his faith to gain votes...
...real issues are Herter's reactionary foreign and domestic record, and O'Brien's fine record of service to the poor and working people of Boston. We cannot support the belief that Herter's foreign policy achievements "should be enough to offset domestic conservatism on election day." Rather, if these are his most important achievements, they are more than valid bases for his defeat. Harvard Committee for Wallace
Coach Henry Lamar of the Crimson will have two new ends--Don Cass and Alex Sergienko--as well as a bunch of fleet backfield pass-catchers in the starting lineup in the hope that his own aerial attack can offset Agannis and company. Lamar has further strengthened the Freshmen by adding several standouts of the "B" team to his main squad...
Respect for such achievements should be enough to offset domestic conservatism on Election Day. But O'Brien has picked his district and waged his campaign with skill. Whatever the outcome, Herter, who has never lost an election, is getting the scare of his life...