Word: pooled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...State Joseph C. Grew keynoted the supporting arguments. Said he: ". . . In the world of things as they are, our international policy, to be effective, must have strength behind it." He added that the U.S. must be prepared to provide its complement of troops to a United Nations peace-policing pool...
...President got most of his relaxation from occasional swims in the White House pool, had little time for outside entertainment. But Mrs. Truman took her place in the Washington social whirl, proved herself equal to the rigors of teas, dinners and receptions. At one crowded affair an ample and obviously uncomfortable dowager approached to inquire, "My, aren't you warm?" The First Lady replied: "Most certainly not. I find it very comfortable." Last week she held her first formal White House party (for wives of the diplomatic set), planned a tea for newspaperwomen this week. She also found time...
Western Europe. Very limited quantities of emergency food supplies (flour, coffee, chocolate, sugar, salt, etc.) have been shipped into France, Belgium and The Netherlands. But since all three of these nations are "paying" countries in the UNRRA pool, they will receive no regular UNRRA supplies. Some 60 UNRRA teams of 13 workers each are now in Western Europe, helping to repatriate foreign workers. UNRRA does not feed the displaced persons (the U.S. Army does that...
...such horrors were and too innocent amidst the environing evil to share its guilt, though they would suffer its consequences. Perhaps these prisoners, and these children, were the hope of Germany and the world, which could not hope to remain unpoisoned if Germany were to remain forever a septic pool of guilt, retributive justice, a sullen pariah among the nations...
Manpower controls will also go by the board as the labor pool fills up. Within 30 days Manpower Boss Paul V. McNutt tentatively plans to suspend most of his job controls. WPB estimates that within six months 1,500,000 men will be released from war plants, plus a net gain of 500,000 from military releases...