Word: reasoned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wanted the I. L. G. W. U.'s action to speak louder than words for peace. Left-wing charges that A. F. of L. was too reactionary, that many an old-line A. F. of L. leader was a visionless labor boss, he brushed aside-all the more reason, said he, why the progressives should be back in A. F. of L., to moderate such tendencies. "The obstinacy of one organization caused the break," said David Dubinsky, "the obstinacy of the other organization is perpetuating it and making it deeper and wider...
America cannot help being deeply moved by the plight of Finland, perhaps to an extent that will endanger our neutrality. For this reason, it is important that the President and State Department be especially careful not to act rashly. A break of diplomatic relations with Russia would be an ill-advised act, at this time above all others, when we must do everything we can to peer through the fog that surrounds Russian policy, and be ready to make the most of possibilities for peace. Now if ever there is a need for cool heads and complete, accurate information...
...murderous attack on civilians can only serve to arouse the very anti-Soviet hysteria they deplore. The latest YCL statement emphasizes the fact that their views are not taken to further the best interests of the U.S., but to champion the cause of Russia. While there is no legitimate reason for suppressing such views, there is no denying that, emotionally, they invite suppression, and for this reason make less healthy the political climate of the U.S., and may actually endanger our neutrality. By holding stubbornly to a Russia that has lost the respect of the world, the YCL may find...
...reason suggested for this action is that all the licenses will have to be renewed this coming month. Therefore the authorities do not want any infringement of the law at this important period...
...Hamilton, who sold G. M. on the idea of going into the business and has been smart enough to carry on as Electro-Motive's president, explains: each oil-burning Diesel switcher brings its purchaser an average yearly operating saving of about $17,000. Sour-grapes reason given by Hamilton's competitors: with the amount of traffic which General Motors can dangle before the railroads, it could sell them dog sleds...