Word: viewing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...executive's orders had long ago been discarded. Congress has taken a healthy interest in debate. But the methods of controlling the debate, of channeling and guiding legislation, of bringing order out of the normal Congressional chaos seemed to have broken down. Too many Congressmen frankly took the view that Harry Truman did not mean everything he said and that therefore all his proposals did not need serious attention. And in Congress itself the Democratic leadership, uncertain of its aims, had broken down. It could be stopped or beaten by almost any coalition -and almost always...
Said William Mitchell: "It has become increasingly apparent that some members of the committee have a different view than that entertained by counsel, either as to the scope of the inquiry or as to what is pertinent evidence. . . . There remain at least 60 witnesses to be examined. . . . At the rate of progress during the past month, it seems certain that several more months of hearings will be required...
...Hard Choice. Meanwhile, food stocks were growing slimmer. From Washington came encouragement: the U.S. would send food to Germany. Moreover, Washington had come around to the view that the U.S. would have to pay its own occupation costs rather than charge them to the bankrupt Germans. The U.S. preferred to add enormously to its bill for World War II in order to achieve one of the war's objectives: the permanent disarmament of Germany. Insistence on cash or goods from Germany would mean restoring her heavy industry and, with it, her war potential. Washington was willing...
Last week 15 newly acquired Shang bronzes went on view in Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum. One of the cups had a tripod base which seemed to stand on tiptoe, and a lid in the shape of a swallow with outstretched wings and tail (see cut). The ambition to drink from the wings of a flying swallow might well have cost someone a kingdom...
Likewise, outgoing President Ira Mosher, who had once snorted at the very thought of getting together with labor on a labor-management charter (TIME, April 9), now took a more sympathetic view of President Truman's suggestion for fact-finding boards in strikes. He approved the plan in general, but whittled down its scope by restricting it to disputes "vitally affecting public health and safety," separate boards for each case...