Word: strengthe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Universal military training was not included in the bill. U.M.T. appeared to be dead. Many Congressmen had become convinced that U.M.T. is a good way to build up military strength in "normal peacetime," but that in a crisis selective service is the only quick way to get a larger Army. They preferred to spend the money on an expanded Air Force, and raise it from 55 to 70 groups...
...House committee bill added no men to the authorized Army strength the Administration had asked for. The increment of manpower was for the Air Force, the Navy and the Marines. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Capitol, the Senate Armed Services Committee listened sympathetically as Air Secretary W. Stuart Symington, backed by General Carl Spaatz, said once again that anything less than 70 groups would be inadequate. The Senators indicated that they would make their own decision this week, and that it would be for 70 groups...
Time for a Rally. Despite growing indications that they could not win with Candidate Truman,* some Democratic bigwigs decided that it was time to show some rallying strength behind him. In Maine, the state Democratic convention agreed, after some rumblings of dissent, to instruct its delegates to vote for the President. In Des Moines, the Democratic Midwest Conference (party chiefs from eight states) came out in support...
Another Communist servant who symbolized Pope Palmiro's strength even better was Giuseppe di Vittorio, brassknuckled labor leader, who controls most of Italy's labor unions; through them he can cripple Italy's entire industry. This week, as a small sample of what he could do, he led a one-hour nationwide general strike. If the Communists decide to use strikes and sabotage rather than open violence, Di Vittorio would...
...Little." Then the Gimo laid down the new line of strategy, assayed the nation's resources to win the ultimate battle. "We have made serious military mistakes," he conceded. No longer would his armies attempt to defend all of the nation at once. They would strike, with superior strength, at strategic points of their own choosing, henceforth fight a war of "big-eat-little." The immediate objective was a limited one: "I guarantee within six months to annihilate all Communists below the Yellow River." Had he written off Manchuria? He had not ("in 60 years the Reds will...