Word: planned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...novice at Government assignments. He was on the Harriman Committee which recently measured how much European aid the U.S. could afford. This week he returned from a State Department economic mission to the Far East. He was mentioned as a possible administrator of the Marshall Plan almost as soon as Congress began discussing the program. His chief sponsor was George Marshall; he also had the approval of Senator Arthur Vandenberg. In his testimony before Vandenberg's Foreign Relations Committee, Hoffman outlined his conception of the nation's task in Europe: "If production can be increased by one-third...
...balanced budget, debt retirement, lower taxes (in that order); Government stimulation of housing; rent control; prepaid health insurance at the state level; a permanent FEPC; the Taft-Hartley law (except for the anti-Communist and union press provisions); public power development; the U.N.; the Marshall Plan (conditioned on proof of mutual cooperation & self-help); equal attention to the problems of the Orient; Hawaiian statehood; universal military training...
...Europeans who are suspicious of the Marshall Plan-or actively hostile -are card-holding Commies. Some are Communist dupes who find it easier to accept the Kremlin's line: "a plan for the enslavement of the peoples of working Europe by the American imperialists." Others, like British Presslord Beaverbrook's Daily Express, have a different objection. They believe that their countries: 1) can recover through their own efforts from here on; 2) must avoid becoming "dependencies" of the U.S. Said a retailer near London, borrowing a Daily Express theme: "We were wrong in the first place to accept...
...more slight addition needs to be made in order to make the catalogue an almost perfect preview of coming attractions: brief explanatory notes appended to those courses, such as Comp. Lit. 35, which will be given next year but not in 1949-50. With that added aid, students could plan course programs more easily for two years ahead. In any case, the Faculty's decision to bring its once-mysterious catalogue up to date is an encouraging sing of progress--a sign which is paralleled by its other wise decision to abolish compulsory hour exams, attendance, and mid-term grades...
...plan to operate on a system similar to that of the Old Vic," Marre stated, "presenting mostly classical plays." He explained that the group would completely renovate the theater, construct its own props and scenery, and engage professional equity companies. "We've all had considerable experience," Marre added, "and we intend to put our productions on a purely professional basis...