Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...loosen, 1) He could press ahead with his legislative reforms, forcing issues to bring about the national Liberal v. Conservative realignment he had undertaken. 2) He could acquiesce in the new independence of Congress and let it work out its own solutions to controversial problems like Labor law and Social Security revision, railroad rehabilitation, while he led on toward larger, less controversial goals such as national Rearmament and security for the Western Hemisphere. 3) He could seek by placation and compromise to restore harmony within his own party...
...Duchess of Gloucester, first royal family member to accept the thrice-married, U. S.-born Duchess of Windsor as a social equal, was reported to have been "very gracious." British newspapers noted the meeting in a few stilted lines but gossipy U. S. newsorgans speculated that the Duke & Duchess of Windsor would be invited home for the traditional royal Christmas season at Sandringham, that the Duke might soon be given a job abroad such as the Duke of Kent was given, that the pleased Windsors had promised to abandon plans for a U. S. trip until...
...indications point to an even larger proportion during the next few years. If this trend is contrasted with the growing complexity of the political conditions that graduates will have to face, it becomes more evident that Harvard should take some steps to require a background in the social sciences...
...should not be thought that this proposition has for its purpose the increase of concentration in the social sciences. In many ways the tendency to overemphasize these subjects at the expense of the purely cultural liberal arts courses is regrettable. But it does seem necessary that every student have at least a grounding in political principles in view of the chaotic governmental and economic problems of today...
Additional grants totalling $5,748 to faculty members for research work were made by the Committee on Research in the Social Sciences, it was announced today. The Committee was established in 1932 to administer funds received from the Rockefeller foundation or from other sources for research in the social sciences...