Word: ownership
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...those utilities which are vital to the national economy, it is the duty of the government to correct conditions which imperil the operation of the utility. And the conditions which create the current blind obedience to a demagogic and dangerous leader are deeply rooted in the facts of private ownership. If Mr. Truman cannot succeed in bluffing Mr. Lewis, then he will be sowing the wind. And the nation shall reap the whirlwind until such time as he screws up his courage to the sticking point of nationalization...
...stockholders put up $100,000 and the banks $1,000,000, will be released next March. Hope Records is now spending $25,000 to make recordings from Hope broadcasts. Hope's income from the broadcasts, $10,000 a week, along with money from his other noncorporate activities-part ownership of the Cleveland Indians, two pictures yearly with Paramount, etc.-goes into his pocket and is taxable at the personal income rate. The profits in his corporations are taxable at a lower corporate rate...
...doubted the sincerity of Bevin's intention, but it left many questions unanswered. Who would eventually take over? Would ownership be on a Lander (state), a zonal or a national basis? What did socialization mean to hard-pressed
...benefit of all. . . . It follows, therefore, that the right to private property is limited by moral obligations and is subject to social restrictions for the common good. Certain types of property, because of their importance to the community, ought properly to be under state or other forms of public ownership. . . . ¶ "The moral purpose of economic life is social justice. . . . The purposes of economic life, therefore, are: 1) To develop natural resources and human skills for the benefit of mankind. 2) To distribute God's gifts equitably. 3) To provide useful employment for everyone according to his abilities...
...went shopping for a topflight adman. At Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. he found his man: red-haired Arthur H. Motley, 46, onetime Fuller brushman, who had done wonders as publisher of the American Magazine. To help "Red" Motley make up his mind, Field offered to share Parade's ownership with...