Word: ownership
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whose stated object is "the establishment of a system based upon the common ownership and democratic control of the means and instruments for producing and distributing wealth by and in the interest of society as a whole," last month invited the Council to debate it some time this spring. They have debated several times in the past...
...Ownership of offshore oil deposits...
...order was Harry Truman's last blow in a long-standing fight. He had twice vetoed bills in which Congress proposed to give offshore oil deposits to the states off whose coasts they lie. Last week's order meant that, to carry out their intention of giving ownership of offshore reserves to the states, Ike and the Republican-dominated 83rd Congress would have to accept the political odium of taking oil away from the Navy...
Raver's suggestion, made at a time when worsening power shortages are causing unemployment and brownouts in the Northwest, was the first admission from a top Government power official that federal ownership of power may not be the best thing for the nation. His plan may well meet with approval from the Eisenhower Administration. Oregon's Governor Douglas McKay, the incoming Interior Secretary, has already said he thinks it sound...
...American system of commercial radio is no great bargain. While it saves listeners from some problems of government ownership, and provides them with programs at no direct cost, the actual price of this method is high. For salesmen are mainly interested in selling, not in quality, truthfulness, or public service. And a radio system based on the Big Sell is one long stream of advertising, broken up by bits of standardized "entertainment." Most of this is repetitious drivel at best, but commercial radio still spews forth eight hours of soap opera daily because such abominations are a cheap...