Unemployment rhetoric masks real hardship and policy risk
The essay argues that the phrase five million unemployed misleads about the scope of joblessness, distinguishing hardship from inconvenience and urging focus on true hardship. It warns against political use to push emergency legislation toward socialism, noting demographic details like teen and female job searches and varied reasons for unemployment.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congress
America
What About The Future
This opinion piece argues unions exaggerate the need for a higher minimum wage, claiming it harms new workers and small businesses. It contends higher wages force layoffs or pricing increases, limiting youth hiring and learning opportunities, and suggests unions oppose wage hikes to aid future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indus
Words Of Advice From The Country In Hale Quote
A passage from Edward Everett Hale's The Man Without A Country urges loyalty to the nation. The speaker emphasizes standing by the country behind officials and citizens, likening it to duty to one's mother and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Edward Everett Hale
Readers respond to Sunday lead editorial
A reader criticizes the Sunday July 23 edition, suggesting the editorial writer smoked joints and implying the paper would be a powerhouse if it had similar electricity. The letter uses strong sarcasm to challenge the piece’s credibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Awhul
He Hall
Write Your Legislators Addresses and Voter Anger Letter
A reader lists Washington DC contact rooms for senators Hartke Bayh and Reps Dennis Hillis and another district aide. The letter includes strong, personal political opinions on McGovern and war policy, urging readers to oppose certain editors and political figures. The writer signs as Fred Perezal from Green Hotel Llwood, Sixfiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCiavern
Democratic Party
McGovern
John Bailey
Asia
McGavern
Ninan
Humphrey
Lyndon Johnson
Tim
Fred Perezal Green Hotel
Llwood
Sixfiana
The Cigarette Is a Lover Theory Debunked
A 1972 feature argues cigarettes are highly addictive and dangerous with women smokers at higher risk of stroke lung cancer and other diseases. It cites a New Canaan study on cessation that failed long term and notes grieving patterns as smokers quit then relapsed. The piece frames smoking as a powerful personal pull rivaling love.
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New Canaan
Gen
Fea, Corp
Lettuce Boycott Clash Echoes At Miami Beach Convention
Sensing The News argues United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez uses lettuce protests to push a nationwide union agenda. It accuses Chavez of manipulating publicity, warns of potential control over food supply, and urges states to ban harvest strikes to curb farm union power.
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Mian Beach
Fetface
George McGovern
United Farm Workers Union
Cezar Chavez
Little Cesar
Miami
Chavez
Chaves
California
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers
New York
Mimi Beach
Florida
Sunside
Coaver
Farm Workers Union
Thas
Goavex
UFCO
Miami Beach
Fidward Kennedy
Dmass
Chavey
Chaver
Twin Pillars of Democracy in Crisis, Kristol Says
The essay cites Irving Kristol arguing democracy rests on two pillars: representative government and separation of powers, plus civic virtue. It notes his critique of modern intellectual leadership, the distant link between private and public life, and concerns about drugs and the counterculture undercutting republican morality. The piece references Kristol's book On the Democratic Idea in America (Harper & Row, 1972).
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Irving Krisol
New York Universiy
America
Mayakawa
Lessel
Yesteryear
Kristol
Harper & Row
I World
Bourgesia
Register and
Tribune
The
Register and Tribune
Sanity in Vietnamese policy and Nixon diplomacy
The piece argues McGovern would be unable to win the presidency and that Nixon has halted large scale American involvement in Vietnam through sealed ports, mining, and targeted bombing. It credits Nixon with disengaging forces, dismisses McGovern’s plans, and recalls the 1963 Diem coup as a major US misstep, urging continued withdrawal and strategic patience.
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George McGovern
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Nixon
Indochina
South Vietnam
Giap
Quang Tri Province
Nort Vietnam
Sen. McGovern
McGovern
Waite
China
Russia
Ering
Tao ‘Nixon
Kennedy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Senate
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Act
United States
Sen. Fulbright
Vietnam
Manot
America
Saizon
Roger Hillsman
State Department
Henry Cabot Lodge
Hillsman
Lodge
Diém
Saigon
Washington
One Department
Thisman
San
Fulbright
Sir
Richard Nixon
Gen
Fea
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A. Vance Hartke
Washington, D. C
Birch E. Bayh
Washington, D.C
David W. Dennis
Longworth
Elwood H. Hillis
Grant
Rayburn
Hantack County
Hilez
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
Indiana
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Game Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlist
Sutrefory and Weasyrar
Robert E. Jackson
Monoger
Moncey
Speciel Messenger
Naeras? Plage
Harald
Ee Oir
Emery
Associated Press
Thi
Os Wall Ca
Paul Harvey News
Linited States
Warvey
Rai
Anthony Harrigan
Hayakawa
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