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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Doves & Honey. Working his way back east, Candidate Truman bore down on his theme that the Republican Congress wants to put control of Government-developed power "into the hands of hijackers-so they can stick you with high prices." At El Paso he charged that Republican leaders in Congress had "cut the reclamation program for the West by more than 50%." He continued: "Now, what do you suppose the Republican chairman of the Appropriations Committee [New York's John Taber] thought about your protests? He said, 'The West is squealing like a stuck pig.' That is what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: They'll Tear You Apart | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

...once-Democratic Baltimore Sun, which supported Wendell Willkie in 1940 and Tom Dewey in 1944, decided to stick with the G.O.P. again, urged its readers to vote for Dewey. Said the Sun: "He is a middle-of-the-road man if ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: The Pot Boils, Oct. 4, 1948 | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

SEPT. 22. The Western powers inform Moscow that they see no point in continuing the talks unless Moscow intends to stick to the Aug. 30 directive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Story of a Crisis | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

...Council must take care not to become over-inspired, it will end with neuralgia and nothing to show. It should stick to what's left in the docket. Past Councils have too often scooted off on noble missions of merely when there were still dirty dishes in the sink...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council: 1948 | 9/30/1948 | See Source »

...started about two months ago, when shirt-sleeved visitors to the Museum's third floor began giving the mammal-on-a-stick plenty of breathing, and smelling space...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mystery Shrouds Spouter Ousting | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

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