Word: whethers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Economy might be worth trying if there were any guarantee that business would soak up the fresh unemployment resulting from cessation of Government spending. "I doubt, however," said the President, "whether this would meet with popular approval if it were tried and the results were not attained." Then he added that he guessed that he had said "a mouthful." (See below...
...Munich, Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Hitler very ably appeased each other. Mr. Chamberlain by giving in, Mr. Hitler by declaring his good intentions. The big unsettled question about President Roosevelt's business-appeasement policy is whether it is the Chamberlain or Hitler kind. Last week it looked more like the Hitler kind when the head of the Federal Reserve Board, Marriner Eccles (the New Deal's prime advocate of spending for recovery), appeared before a Senate committee and gave Congress a lusty double dare. He challenged it to try economy. Said...
...statement regarding Garner was purely my observation and report to the people of Texas. I have no way nor do you of knowing whether the President would run for a third term or not. . . . What the family thinks or feels has no bearing on his decision...
...system by which the University calls more than it can choose, and profits by their temporary services, may still afford a coveted opportunity to young scholars and teachers an opportunity to pursue the vocation of scholarship, to require experiences in teaching, and to establish themselves permanently in their profession whether at Harvard, or, through the good offices of Harvard, elsewhere...
...Whether this action will prove sufficient to solve the House Question "in toto" is very doubtful, but a great step has been taken. For when thought is once converted into action, as has happened in this instance, it is likely that suggestions for definite measures in the future will be more readily met. Indeed, it is this aspect of the decision that is as cheering as any tangible achievement made toward alleviating this problem. For, excellent as these moves are, they cannot be regarded as final solutions. There yet remains to be solved the very thorny question of House selection...