september february american mechanical engineer industrialist republican senator state vermont grew farms vermont rhode_island apprentice training mechanical engineer spent years new_york_city editor machine tool magazine moving vermont managed president successful machine tool company flanders experience industrialist advise state national commissions vermont new_england washington public economic policy president years elected senator vermont flanders noted introducing motion senate senator mccarthy sensational claims large numbers communists soviet spies inside federal government senate committee nationally televised forum attacks individuals accused flanders felt attacks distracted nation greater threat communist successes world effect creating division confusion united_states advantage enemies ultimately mccarthy tactics inability claims led united_states senate biographical flanders born oldest children town northeastern vermont spent childhood rhode_island autobiography senator vermont flanders described life family farms vermont rhode_island left work machine tool industry career years spent traveling bicycle country roads rhode_island vermont new_hampshire later lived time new_york_city edited machine tool magazine years decided vermont married daughter inventor industrialist home springfield vermont flanders president flanders wife children elizabeth born anna known nancy born james born professional career flanders career began progressed engineering journalism management policy consulting banking finance finally politics elected senator vermont education flanders formal education high schools attended rhode_island achieved solid grounding mathematics literature latin classical greek unable afford college tuition father bought year leading machine tool builder learned drafting skills following worked machine tool companies new_england despite lack formal university education self taught scholar read extensively science engineering liberal arts technical journalism flanders began writing early career published articles machine tool technology led job editor machine magazine new_york_city job held required cover developments machine tool industry traveled widely visit companies wrote provided valuable contacts leaders industry editor wrote articles gear tooth systems gear cutting machinery manufacture cans motor cars including reference series subject working long hours definitive book gear cutting machinery energy gave suffered nervous breakdown time recover accepted job offer work machine tool company vermont continued write technical matters life develop broader philosophy role industry society received worcester reed warner medal recognition technical writing engineering flanders major experience machine design came helped entrepreneur new_hampshire develop box folding machine worked general_electric moved new_york_city work machine moved springfield vermont work mechanical engineer friendly president company town flanders married daughter helen shortly hired flanders manager department built automatic flanders redesigned achieve higher productivity accuracy director president company retired president flanders implemented continuous production line manufacture turret instead building machine individually attempting bring mass production machine tool building acquired assigned patents brother instrumental developing screw thread grinding machines incorporated advances thread technology optical flanders engineering calculations gear cutting machinery brothers received recognition accomplishment improved accurate manufacture die cut screws soft metal solved problem thread grinding hardened work professional societies flanders president served president vice president 1930s flanders served chairman screw thread committee american standards association awarded awarded medal public service field social civic humanitarian effort honorary member public life flanders served world war oversaw completion international standards screw threads 1930s member chairman screw thread committee american standards association great depression flanders began write social policy major concern human development technological era addressed employing spiritual guidance program human values achieve good life underlying goal achieve employment kept grounded economic principles understood debated era secretary commerce appointed flanders created provide input administration matters affecting business council flanders chairman committee recommended addressing problem geographically industry flanders reported committee recommendations president roosevelt preoccupied supreme_court ultimately chose profits tax instead choice flanders felt discouraged capital investment created allowed industries create codes fair competition intended reduce destructive competition help workers setting minimum wages maximum weekly hours flanders appointed industrial advisory board speech conference code authority members attended president roosevelt flanders opposed proposal roosevelt administration require businesses cut worker hours percent raise wages percent order spread employment widely ultimately economic policy moved away codes system vermont governor appointed flanders commissions special milk investigative committee study ways vermont second chose flanders chairman commission negotiate new_england states means sharing costs system flood control dams elected flanders president governors new_england states established council study industry commerce states flanders role increased awareness labor business assets new_england tried alert peers prospect involvement expanding second world war flanders involved purpose help align nation peacetime economy war flanders reported helping shape recommendations congress roles banking investment starting 1930s flanders held boards boston elected year term president boston period bank helped establish capacity cargo new_england flanders organized venture capital company invest according set investment rules goals pool fledgling companies flanders served director career ran unsuccessful campaign republican primary opponent popular term governor vermont flanders admired liked felt liberal ideas help nation economic recovery vermont major newspapers herald described republican primary campaign dirty mean accused flanders selling arms nazis flanders suggested influenced administrative assistant pretty year old fondness power retrospect flanders felt allowed campaign advisers decisions example campaign showed candidate wearing piece suit holding arms grown farm active interest vermont agriculture especially type shown picture effect making appear observed vermont pigs common households common sense people fact want representative wear best clothes intended handling pigs won votes having spent campaign taught flanders november vermont governor appointed flanders republican complete term republican senator austin appointed president ambassador united_nations flanders appointment gave freshman senators elected days later november flanders ran office elected term overwhelmingly reelected declined seek term senate record committee assignments flanders voting record senate conservative senior colleague reflected flanders business orientation second term republican majority allowed flanders obtain seats committee acted advisory capacity houses congress assignments reflected interests senator political philosophy flanders conservative espoused competition felt represented welfare individual people opposed organizations governments businesses etc preserving freedom thought action concerned preserving institutions serve interests people collectively conservatives according flanders find offering reasoned objections proposals emotionally motivated liberals observed established voters easily leaving politics politicians sense general social responsibility moral law policy flanders strict religious beginning evolved experience belief moral law felt recognition moral law necessary requirement social achievement physical law material advancement flanders view moral law required honesty compassion responsibility cooperation wisdom values cultures hold common absolute standard spoke presence renewed courage indicated direction flanders referred marshall plan important application moral law public policy said plan true purpose fend communism economic restoration europe provide relief europe powers enhance gratitude prestige power labor business employment act senate flanders defined right job implying responsibility shared individuals organized labor businesses governments follows individual productive self reliant search employment job organized labor avoid wage demands upset costs production manner decreases total volume employment business operate efficiently allow expansion production employment state local governments help preserve human rights property rights foster investment encourage business expand investors undertake new ventures flanders felt quell inflation wage increases tied productivity increases cost living recommended splitting gains productivity ways worker higher wages company higher profits consumer lower prices felt approach benefit company level national economy approach require mutual respect understanding labor management flanders relations organized labor welcomed company springfield vermont flanders met president roosevelt occasions felt roosevelt advisors secretary navy warning easily possible hostilities initiated surprise attack fleet naval base pearl harbor president failing recognize growing threat communism china flanders opinion sold nationalist china communist powers conference flanders recognized president political genius leadership skills advocacy raising taxes characterized roosevelt philosophy employment come government private action flanders felt large social programs ineffective approach solve national problems cold war policies national policy relating cold war interested flanders greatly concerned world wide communism force arms felt president generally good president hampered roosevelt legacy soviets felt commitment bringing nationalist communist chinese factions alliance mistaken endorsed marshall plan way avoid communist influence western_europe critical secretary state opportunities create friendly alignment egypt india countries instead sided soviet_union flanders felt spending federal income defense soviet government claimed wished avoid nuclear conflict advocated development paralleled equally intense negotiations gaining operation soviet government effective armament control important flanders early strong critic fellow republican senator efforts fighting communism role loss respect world large felt looking inward communists borders nation look outward world wide advance communist power leave united_states canada remnants free world march addressed senator mccarthy senate floor expressing concerns mccarthy advised speech absent time apart brief note encouragement speech flanders grateful president stayed mccarthy controversy members president cabinet passed message flanders lay newspaper vermont reported speech sensation day reported herald flanders unable appear senate floor flood telephone calls said run support message called speech fine example vermont courage humor told remarks brought breath fresh clean air senate colleagues kentucky praise vermont senator editor national publication said recent indications republican_party wholly devoid courageous moral leadership editorial stated effect speech vast majority americans hate communism constitution reactions favorable people wrote herald hinted retribution foes called mccarthy law disagree red owner wrote somebody stupid senator flanders finally swallow democratic bait subject senator mccarthy speech flanders mention autobiography article reported june flanders addressed senate innocence junior senator wisconsin dennis menace cartoon fame delivered scathing address wisconsin man dividing nation country communism taken reminded senate beginning successful campaign division confusion way soviet_union winning military successes asia resources men said nation witnessing example economy effort conquest country communism added characteristic elements communist fascist hand citizens set spy junior senator wisconsin pay communists better job innocence june flanders introduced resolution charging mccarthy conduct calling removal committee membership advice senators cooper legal assistance modified resolution bring line previous actions text resolution senator constitutional processes senate failed cooperate acting contrary ethics described chairman terms time reported group businessmen labor leaders wired senator mccarthy urging favorable vote curb abuse power senator mccarthy senate mccarthy december vote senate republicans split treatment episode refer article herald characterized reaction vermont flanders role mccarthy sour concludes flanders convictions necessarily reflect priorities constituency regarded issue problem legacy flanders author books including autobiography senator vermont wrote issues problems unemployment inflation ways achieving cooperative relationship management labor belief moral law natural law integral education papers located special collections university vermont lifetime flanders received sixteen honorary degrees institutions included harvard_university wife folk song collector author books new_england ballads flanders died buried summer hill cemetery springfield vermont alongside wife helen members family flanders senate legacy continued inspire vermont politicians speech announcing departure republican_party vermont senator cited flanders times spoke vermont politicians spoke minds dismay party leaders best guide party direction fundamental principles believed speeches senator cited flanders vermont politicians showed importance standing firm beliefs conflict need hostile rose abuses americans rights popular flanders flanders february gear tooth systems flanders february recent developments gear cutting machinery flanders january machinery flanders making cans food products flanders october design manufacture high grade motor car illustrated detailed description factory methods products flanders gear cutting machinery comprising complete review contemporary american european practice logical classification explanation principles involved new_york flanders machinery reference series new_york flanders design manufacture production control standard machine new_york flanders new age new man beard civilization new_york flanders machines society new_york inc flanders limitations possibilities economic planning annals july flanders new pioneers new frontier new_york flanders new pioneers new frontier flanders new_york inc flanders leeds employment new_york flanders california stanford_university flanders limitations national policy speech senate united_states august flanders activities senator world crisis congress second session published march flanders letter generation boston flanders senator vermont boston flanders search meaning springfield vermont offset printing mechanical catalog volume retrieved september vermont senator speech heralded mccarthy end vermont editors february opinion flanders vermont editors december takes lead retrieved january fortune august flanders new england vol arthur freedom forge american business produced victory world war new_york isbn hill tom december senator took mccarthy won sunday james statement retrieved january william encyclopedia mccarthy era facts file isbn patrick senator delivers commencement address retrieved january march flanders resolutions corporation massachusetts institute technology death member emeritus porter bill terry september dirty vermont representative machine age best new_york new_york usa link united_states case joseph mccarthy wisconsin retrieved tech november flanders tech mit 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