Word: slashe
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...decision divided the five-man board on straight party lines. Board Member Abe Murdock, former Democratic Senator, charged that the board was abdicating its responsibilities, and that the decision of the Republican majority amounted to a "usurpation of legislative power by an administrative agency.'' By this "wholesale slash," said he, "it seems probable that at least 25% and perhaps . . . 33⅓% of our past jurisdiction is now eliminated." With equal fervor his fellow Democrat Ivar H. Peterson protested that the limits had been set "arbitrarily" and"capriciously." But NLRB Chairman Guy Farmer, speaking for the three-man Republican...
...Appropriated $2,790,824,816 for foreign aid, after adopting a $200 million slash put forward by South Carolina's Burnet Maybank. The Senate's total is $100 million below the House appropriation, $264 million below the program authorization, $648 million below the President's request...
...amendments to see how much he could cut from the bill-first $2 billion, then $1.5 billion, then $1 billion, then $500 million. Each in turn was voted down until the Senate finally accepted a $200-million cut. Last year, when Long's move for a $500-million slash was defeated, he gave up, until last week, when he argued for several hours on the Senate floor in favor of paring down the Administration request in fiscal 1955. Among Long's points...
...Lack of funds has forced the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to slash emergency aid to polio patients, reported President Basil O'Connor. The $200,000 doled out last week "represents money 'borrowed' from funds committed to re search and education." To meet the short age, there will be an emergency March of Dimes next week...
...power and its history. Started in 1947 as a program for ground specialists, the A.F.R.O.T.C. was built up by 1951 to turn out 27,000 officers a year for a 143-wing Air Force. With authorized strength down to 120 wings by last summer, the Air Force had to slash its program, abruptly announced that commissions henceforth would go to 1) engineering students, 2) those cadets qualified and willing to undergo flight training and three years' active duty. (Many cadets were reluctant to fly.) Result: nearly 5,000 of this year's 13,000 graduates will...