Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...labor theoreticians, there are usually but two valid approaches to the problem of political action: 1) the historic A. F. of L. policy of rewarding its friends and punishing its enemies but keeping clear of any long-term commitments; 2) an independent political party divorced from the structure and personalities of the two old parties, with candidates of its own and a program of social regeneration. But Labor's actions in practice have often confounded the theoreticians. New York's precocious and pragmatic American Labor Party has defied neat ideological characterization by putting Democratic and Republican nominees...
...their "Declaration of Economic Independence," hail the departure of los Gringos from the oil fields. But if President Lazaro Cárdenas enjoyed the parade, he was not amused by the U. S. silver embargo. Seriously he proclaimed to his people: "We must draw together to meet an unexpected problem." Mexico is the world's biggest silver producer and its silver mines are even more important to its domestic economy than its oil fields. Thirteen percent of the Government's revenues have come from the silver industry. Silver is a major factor in its currency...
...This Government has become so impressed with the urgency of the problem of political refugees that it has inquired of a number of governments in Europe and in this hemisphere whether they would be willing to cooperate in setting up a special committee for the purpose of facilitating the emigration from Austria and presumably from Germany of political refugees. Our idea is that, whereas such representatives would be designated by the Governments concerned, any financing of the emergency emigration referred to would be undertaken by private organizations within the respective countries." The statement added that the committee would...
...Continuing his efforts to satisfy the demand for more credit facilities, first enunciated by the small businessmen's conference in February, Franklin Roosevelt appointed Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. head of a committee to study the problem and prepare a program for its solution. The committee: James Roosevelt, SEC Chairman William O. Douglas, RFC Chairman Jesse H. Jones, and Vice Chairman Ronald Ransom of the Federal Reserve Board...
...divisional examiners in the field of History, Government, and Economics have a knotty problem upon their hands. It must be unraveled today when the Divisional Committee, representing both the examiners and the three departments, meet to decide what can be done with correlation exams for Senior honors candidates. These exams, which supposedly test a candidate's knowledge of his allied field, offer twelve choices--four each for the man in History and Government, for the one in History and Economics, and for the one in Government and Economics. Government Regulation of Industry is the most popular; International Relations and American...