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...peacetime, its methods, notorious for sensational charges based on unsound evidence, would not be wholesome for a democracy. In wartime, they are definitely dangerous. The latest outbreak, timed to draw attention to the Committee at a strategic moment, reveals Dies' procedure at its best. Last week in Congress he delivered a scathing attack against 39 Government employees, branding them as "crackpots" and "communists." Under his pressure, Congress even took steps to force dismissal of a Negro employee in the Treasury Department...
...that Sir Stafford Cripps . . . appointed a new managing director [Steelman George Ernest Marden] with full powers, whom he personally introduced to the Joint Production Committee, and that he has promised to see the workers again two months hence if they still think that the organization of the factory is unsound...
...Treasury made no proposals at all as to lumber. As far as mines (and oil wells) are concerned, the Treasury has never suggested that they should not be allowed to deduct the actual depletion sustained on the cost of the properties. The Treasury has sought to eliminate the present unsound, unfair and insidious allowance for depletion on the basis of a percentage of the gross income...
...past a check against excessive cutting. There is also current a feeling among circles outside the College that the liberal policy towards attendance creates habits of irregularity among College students. A widespread belief that the armed services have called for forced attendance has been investigated and proved unsound, the Coun '1 reported...
...even in his own camp was shown when Commissioner T. A. M. Craven followed him as a witness before the House committee. Craven praised the radio networks, expressed the view that newspapers should be allowed to operate stations, and described FCC's present plan of organization as "basically unsound...