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...prisoners they could out of their cells, and directed the preparation of food for prisoners and hostages alike. Associate Warden Bezzerides suggested that he outline their demands. In a shaky hand, he wrote: "Confinement without hope is pointless. Accordingly, we would like to discuss our difficulties from the standpoint of some kind of therapeutic treatments for the men doing time for rules infractions...
Three lawyers carefully studied the plan and found it "entirely within the law." Two theologians, five bishops and three religious superiors were consulted about it from the standpoint of morality and Christian ethics. Finally, with only one dissenting vote, the plan was approved by the 68-member board of the American Church Union, high church group in the Protestant Episcopal Church...
...remainder of the textile industry still in New England is to stay, it is not unreasonable that it should desire to be profitable . . . at least from a capitalistic standpoint. To do so apparently requires an acceptance of responsibility by the working force and a realization that lower labor costs, while presently inequitable when compared to other industry in the area, are a necessity. Management's demand for a wage cut, on the other hand, must carry with it the responsibility on its part to reinvest profits in new machinery that will reduce costs, raise a worker's productivity, and, thereupon...
...Nanking from 1932 to 1936 when I was on the faculty of the University of Nanking . . . I have a great admiration and respect for the Generalissimo, for his integrity, patriotism and courage . . . The decade from 1927 to 1937 was generally considered the best period in Chinese history from the standpoint of efficiency and integrity, and it was only the pressing necessity of battling with the Japanese that knocked awry the Nationalist government and its reforms...
...strictness of Soviet military discipline is due primarily to the fact that the Soviet soldier is basically undisciplined. From the official standpoint, the soldier consequently requires severe control, the authors conclude in their study, "Soviet Military Law and Administration...