Word: repeals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...interesting point of the letter is not this view, it is the manner in which it is expressed. Mr. Conant does not argue the case for repeal. Once his opinion is stated, he drops the issue completely. What follows is an astute bit of mancuvering calculated to put Mr. Landon--and, of course, the embargo bloc as a whole--neatly on the spot. His words show a masterful knowledge of American political machinations...
...assessing his chances of victory last week, Vandenberg was well aware, as were all the Senate's elders, that: 1) if the President is to win, he should do it in 30 days, for a dragged-out fight makes embargo-repeal unlikely unless such potential horrors as the bombing of Westminster Abbey or the destruction of Paris swing U. S. sentiment; 2) while delaying tactics probably mean victory for the Isolationists, the U. S. public will stand for no filibuster; 3) he must join with his fellow-Republicans in holding down Bob La Follette, who is bent on stealing...
There, in his study of politics, he marked well one priceless maxim: always ask for more than you can get, then compromise for half. Thus he could appreciate last week Franklin Roosevelt's stratagem in asking absolute repeal of the Neutrality law and a return to the vague vagaries of international law, in order that a compromise on cash-and-carry would seem to anti-repeal forces like a victory...
...manufacturer ($50,000,000 and over) wanted Social Security repealed, but 92.9% wanted it modified. Among small retailers (under $30,000), 20.4% wanted it repealed and 40.9% wanted it kept unchanged. For the Wagner Act. the biggest vote for repeal (48-49.1%) was among small manufacturers and big retailers, but big manufacturers gave the smallest vote for outright repeal (14.3%). Small retailers split, voting 32.6% for repeal and 25-5% (the highest) for keeping...
...Committee, comprising prominent educational leaders and members of the legal profession, is pledged to work in favor of President Roosevelt's recommendations for repeal of the embargo provisions of the present neutrality...