Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...states that "The most that we can hope for from any government is a compromise with Truth," I agree with him. My point is simply that that government is best which compromises least with Truth. If Mr. Nittle thinks that the New Deal is the best compromise let him support it, I don't, and I shall not support it. But Mr. Nittle should confine his criticism of my communication to statements made therelu. This he did not do. V. H. Kramer...
...National Broadcasting Co. gave Education a round scolding for having alienated its Radio pupils by "monotony and poor showmanship." Cried he: "People do not want to be educated. They want entertainment. . . . Our guilt lies in having been too big-hearted in our desire to help educators." By way of support. NBC's program director produced a testimonial from Henry L. Mencken: "The pedagogs now have all the time they can fill profitably-and more. Their programs are puerile and dull. There is no evidence that they would do any better if they had all day." Most notable witness...
...stated at the H.A.A. last night that the Athletic Association pledges its support of the Student Council in its attempt to prevent violent goalpost riots...
...Atlanta, Georgia, with five other union organizers, on a charge of inciting to insurrection, based on a law of 1861 designed to prevent a slave rebellion. These "Atlantic Six" are now out on heavy ball. Because of Miss Burlak's deflant challenge to the existing order, and the support she is able to win from her audiences, she has acquired a fairly thorough knowledge of the United States penal system, and mention of her name produces a startling effect upon any member of a "radical squad...
...posted price of $1 for what legal crude they bought in the open market. As backers of the gasoline pool, the "majors" grew weary of holding the bag for every "hot" refiner from Kilgore to the Gulf of Mexico. As soon as the "majors" ceased to support the gasoline market, they turned around and declared war on the hot refiners. From the Southwest, where some independents swore they would give it away if buyers would pay the taxes, the price-cutting spread to the great Midwest area. There the majors and the independent distributors cut back at each other three...