Word: program
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...minutes, without making a single amendment, the House last week passed a $499,857,936 supply bill for the War Department, including $50,000,000 for 565 of the planes called for in Franklin Roosevelt's emergency rearmament program...
...congressional horizon as President Roosevelt renews his campaign for an additional $150,000,000 for the W.P. A. Threat of a party split in House and Senate makes the issue one of the most important facing Congress with New Deal forces concentrating on the continuation of the relief program while a militant Republican minority allied with the Anti New Deal Democrats demands a reduced budget regardless is its effect on the delicately balanced relief structure...
Whether or not the president's relief program has benefited the nation only history can say, But to prevent the impoverishment and demoralization of more than a million Americans, the immediate endorsement of President Roosevelt's recommendation is essential. As in the case of Lincoln's Civil War policy, the emergency relief program for 1939 will be gravely imperiled by any interference within the fiscal year. If it so desires, Congress will have ample time to "swap horses" when it gets to the other side of the stream...
Finding the golden mean between the authenticity of the dual lecture technique and the popular appeal of the jazzed-up program such as the March of Time will be the aim of the General Education Committee of the Radio Workshop, it was announced last night...
Already a program tentatively called "America goes to War" is being prepared which will sketch in dramatic form this country's drift to war from 1914 to 1917. This will be based on a careful study of such works as mark Sullivan's "Over There," the litters of Colonel House, Walter Millia's "Road to War," and Graitan's "Why We Fought...