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...then are the people's welfare and the rights of the workers to be reconciled? Legislation pushed through in fury will not meet the immediate needs of the nation and can only serve to widen the already dangerous breach between labor and management. Rather the government's primary job is to guarantee the bare minimum of industrial operation urgently necessary to national and international welfare. To this end it should present the strike-bound industry with a plan for partial operation during the strike, and exert its full pressure to force acceptance. It is likely that even without governmental pressure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Eleventh Commandment | 5/28/1946 | See Source »

...intense isolationism of the 1939 speech was replaced by a sensational confession: "Acquaintance with the life and customs of other nations will be of benefit to our people and will widen their outlook." Conscious that returning Red Army soldiers had brought home much dissatisfaction with them, Molotov earnestly said that Soviet living standards must be improved (see below...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The World Outside | 11/19/1945 | See Source »

Already grossing $250 a week after three months in business, Gene Gilbert last week began to widen his paying exploration of teenagers' buying habits. He appointed representatives in Indianapolis and New York, said he would open offices in 28 other cities, and incorporate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teen-Age Gallup | 8/13/1945 | See Source »

Four thousand miles from Independence, Mo., Harry Truman threw a wet blanket over fellow Americans' eagerness to travel. Congressmen who wanted to widen their horizons by trips overseas during the recess were told by the President they would have to pay their own expenses ($725.65 via A.T.C. New York to Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Home Is Best | 8/6/1945 | See Source »

...Zombie? At the least, the declaration was bound to widen war fissures in Japanese life and politics, encourage the groups who want a peace of survival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Attention, Tokyo! | 8/6/1945 | See Source »

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