Word: somes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Herewith some incidental intelligence about TIME from our mail of the last few weeks:
Unlike the ordinary citizen, the Government could not adjust its budget by moving to a cheaper neighborhood or finding a better job. But there were some alternatives :
It could raise taxes, which Harry Truman seems to want to do, while some of his advisers caution against it. A boost in taxes, they argue, would be bad in a political year like 1950; besides it might dangerously jiggle the prosperous but sensitive economy.
Taking the sun in Key West, Fla., Clark Clifford, the President's closest adviser, last week told why he was quitting the Government. The lyrics were familiar, but some of the accompaniment was new. Though Congress had recently raised his salary as presidential counsel from $12,000 to $20...
Harry Truman used some dynamite last week to blast loose at least a part of his civil rights program. At his orders, Solicitor General Philip Perlman, in a speech in New York City, touched off the explosion. Henceforth, said Perlman, the Federal Housing Administration will not insure any loans made...