Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Though the problem of how he could effectively use this big kitty might not trouble him, many a citizen was ready to trouble the President for a small donation. First help of this kind was offered by a delegation of mayors, headed by New York's LaGuardia, who marched in to say that they did not want to borrow any of the President's relief money but did want a large share of it as an outright gift because most of the unemployed live in cities...
...Yale debaters argued in vain that a policy of self-sufficiency was only postponing a problem which demands settlement eventually. For the United States to look to her own interests can bring her nothing more than the ire of foreign powers. In addition they argued that fascism, dictatorship, and militarism have come with the economic nationalism of Italy and Germany...
...What do you understand by the problem of administrative areas? Indicate those readjustments of areas which, in your opinion, are most urgently needed in the United States...
...long-vexed problem of the commuters--the source of so much rancour and quibbling--has now been satisfactorily solved, at least in its most obvious aspects--by the announcement that Dudley Hall will be remodelled during the summer to provide dining, study, and recreation rooms for the day-students. Brooks House and the Commuters' Committee have achieved complete success as the result of persistent and intelligent effort; University Hall has also cooperated, ponderously yet conscientiously. The new Center in Dudley Hall should end all agitation for the admission of commuters to the Houses by providing pleasant and comfortable quarters...
...Willoughby speaks of "general administration" and White of "integration." What is the function of "staff services" in this administrative problem? Illustrate concretely by reference to the federal administration at Washington...