Word: viewing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spectacular Southern politician, came to William Bankhead last year was by no means as consequential as it had been. If, in the first years of the New Deal, the Speaker found it harder to run the House, there was also from the President's point of view, less need for him to do so, since the reins were in his own hands. Currently, with Federal spending curtailed and Congressional revolt on foot, the President has less control of the House than before. In this state of affairs, Franklin Roosevelt's toothache might have been considerably alleviated last week...
...really not a dictator at all. Last winter, Manuel Quezon's shadow boxing took the form of a visit to the U. S. to promote the idea of advancing the date of Philippine independence from 1946 to 1938 or 1939. Advantage of this move from the point of view of President Quezon was that it would bring independence before the end of his six-year term. Disadvantage was that, by disrupting island economy even more thoroughly than it will probably be disrupted by independence in 1946, it might react greatly to the discredit of its sponsor. President Roosevelt appointed...
...with last week's flight of clerks, officials and foreign diplomats up the Yangtze, Generalissimo Chiang brought down the river enormous levies of fresh Chinese troops, and these were flung against the advancing Japanese. General Pau Chung-hsi, chief of staff, advised that from a military point of view it would be best to make no attempt to defend Nanking. Generalissimo Chiang, who during the past seven years has spent millions embellishing his capital and mak-ing it the bright symbol of New China, unhesitatingly ordered Nanking's defense at any cost. "One day we intend to erect...
...Those who disapprove of Germany's political regime," said Lord Samuel in his peroration, "have to resist the temptation to take a negative view of all the claims advanced by that regime...
Pointing out that he is new at his present position, Metcalf asserted that he was now making a "careful study" of Library service with a view to reducing delivery time. He said that no radical change in the delivery system is contemplated since "you can't turn 10,000 students loose" among the stacks...