Word: rootes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...defense.' In the mouth of a fainthearted army officer-there are many-it sounds natural enough; only when you hear it from men whose actions stamp them as dedicated to all-out effort does it strike you as odd and sad that this token word has taken root everywhere. . . . This arsenal of democracy, this strongest of all industrial nations, continues to view with shuddering abhorrence the world of conflict in which it finds itself. Confronted with the bloodlust of Hitler's Germany, it still wishes it could continue to dream about colored bathtubs. . . ." Stultified by this spirit...
...Future. "For Mr. Roosevelt has before him an even greater task than winning the war against Hitler's Germany. He and America have before them the task of reconstructing a stable world and making it not only peaceful but plenteous." In short, the root of the world's economic and political problems is that man for the first time has the means-the agricultural and industrial and transportation means-of providing enough for everyone. Yet want and the fear of want took on a new power in a world that had the physical equipment for providing enough...
This fierce hope is at the root of his present indecision. If the Russians are on their way to triumph by Sept. 1, John L. Lewis may attempt to return to command of C.I.O.'s masses; may tell the U.S. that the President has now been shown to be an untrustworthy leader; and insist that labor be given a greater voice in national affairs...
...even closer to the root of the matter, many thought, were the words of Conservative Sir Herbert Geraint Williams in the House of Commons: "Because you have a Prime Minister of great genius and capacity for inspiration, that is no reason his acts should go without criticism. It is a real peril to this country that Mr. Churchill should be regarded as a man beyond challenge...
...still House: "Mr. Speaker, Wall Street and a little group of our international Jewish brethren are still attempting to harass the President . . . and the Congress of the United States into plunging us into the European war, unprepared. . . . These international bankers are so afraid that this peace movement . . . might take root . . . before they can get us into it [the war] that on yesterday they held a rally in Wall Street and . . . made a plea to that effect...