Word: voluntaryism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With this month's issue, the Catholic Worker begins its 16th year. Old Peter Maurin, now in his 70s, is crippled and numbly dying of arteriosclerosis of the brain. But the Christian dynamite he set off is still blasting away. The Worker's circulation now totals nearly 70...
"All our talk about peace and the weapons of the spirit is meaningless unless we try in every way to embrace voluntary poverty and not work in any position, any job that contributes to war . . . We must give up our place in this world, sacrifice children, family . . . And we will...
In a statement distributed by the National Council Against Conscription, the college presidents jointly declared that the armed forces have not yet exhausted means of procuring men under the voluntary system.
The Assembly came to no definite conclusion. But Dr. Hawley announced: "This has been an extremely important meeting, at which the demands of large consumer groups were set forward forcibly. They cannot be ignored by medicine or the voluntary prepayment agencies. Their demands have to be met . . ."
To make sure that key sections of the economy get what they need, the American Petroleum Institute drew up a tentative, voluntary rationing program. Under it, oil companies would give top priorities to farmers, doctors, transit lines, and the armed forces. If such voluntary means do not work, the House...