Word: reformers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Louis, trust officers wondered what to do with $250,000 left by Physician Francis L. Stuever "to promote the cause of prohibition in the United States, Germany and Austria." Said one worried banker: "An organization in Washington, the International Reform Federation, claims it is ready to start working for prohibition in Germany and Austria. We don't know if they can even...
...charge of black-market currency speculation would anger anyone living in black-market-ridden countries behind the Iron Curtain. Sabotage of Hungarian land reform? That should go down well with the British socialists, who approve of land reform. Conspiracy with the Habsburgs? That was a brilliant idea; it would arouse the antimonarchist elements in the U.S. Conspiracy with the U.S.? That was just as good; it would arouse anti-U.S. elements in Europe. Eventually all the Communist delegates agreed on a draft bill of particulars against Mindszenty...
...Prime Minister made only two public appearances. The Quebec Bar Association gave him a dinner; he went to the Liberal Reform Club to hand out gifts to 45 orphans. This week, there would be a family farewell party, for which Madame St. Laurent would fix a 29-lb. turkey. Then Grand-Père St. Laurent would head back to Ottawa...
...Land reform is the only aspect of the American occupation which has been at all successful. By September 1, 1948, almost a million and a half farm plots, belonging to the Japanese and large land-holders, had been redistributed among more than 550,000 former tenants on 15 year mortgages. Unlike the communist program in the North, the peasants were given titles of ownership immediately. The success of these reforms proved a strong bulwark against communism in rural areas and clearly demonstrated that honest and intelligent administration is possible in Korea. Now that the farm administration has been placed...
Professor Kluckhohn charged that he is "opposed to social scientists who want to run off and reform the world with half-baked theories...