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...state, he made clear, has still other parts to play. To resist the "ever-present danger of direct federal-local action by-passing the states," it must assume functions that the national government has usually monopolized. Federal grants-in-aid have "served to strengthen the weaker states fiscally"; but Rockefeller noted with satisfaction that states which can afford it have themselves begun to provide grants-in-aid to local communities...
...moved into Belgium on Aug. 4-and the mistakes began soon thereafter. Until his death in 1913, Schlieffen had reiterated: "Make the right wing strong." But his successor, General Helmuth von Moltke, was a Christian Scientist, a cello player, and a cautious man: he weakened the right wing to strengthen the line elsewhere. When the preposterous Russians, unequipped, untrained and unafraid, invaded East Prussia, Moltke forgot Schlieffen and diverted two corps from the Belgian drive to the Russian front. The two corps were never needed; General Erich Ludendorff routed the Russians at Tannenberg before his reinforcements arrived...
Financial aid may strengthen a religious school, but this support would not be tantamount to establishing a national religion, he said. Besides, "there are already so many ways in which we aid religious institutions today," such as churches' exemption from federal taxation and the availability of G.I. Bill scholarships to students at sectarian schools...
...national attitudes. The Congress Party's very amorphousness makes its members highly susceptible to the pressure of any opposition. If the Hindu-first Jana Sangh does well, it will influence conservative Hindu Congressmen. If the Swatantra scores or Menon does poorly, it will infuriate Nehru and immeasurably strengthen the conservative element within his own Cabinet. But if the rest of the opposition falters, the Communists by default could widen their power. Says the Swatantra's Rajagopalachari: "Whether we win or not, making the attempt to really oppose is worthwhile...
...organization at the disposal of Congress Candidate Menon: Menon's defeat-or even a narrow victory-would be the most dramatic repudiation of Nehru's aggressive socialism and left-leaning neutralism since India's independence. A smashing Menon victory would seriously dishearten Indian conservatives and measurably strengthen the pro-Communist left...