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There can be small question which of these ideals is most in accord with the facts of a modern industrial society. But there is a very large question which faces all of us, whether the government ownership which we need for survival can come through the mechanism of elective and parliamentary government. In the United States, the answer to that question must be very clear, and the fact that we have a President who is, as many think, operating on the assumption that the parliamentary mechanism is sufficient does not change the situation, nor abridge the limits which his position...
...gentlemanly thing to do, because no one down in Old Kentucky can hold an office until he swears that he has neither fought a duel nor accepted a challenge to fight one, and I am not through with holding public office so far as my own free will and accord are concerned...
...after the President's instructions to the London Conference the trace of Mr. Morgenthau's and Professor Warren's influence was not obvious. But in October the exchange value of the dollar began to mount. At the same time commodity prices started to sag badly (in accord with Dr. Warren's theory), had to be propped up by large Government purchases of wheat. On Oct. 22 the President over the radio announced that the RFC would begin setting its own price for gold. A week later when that step had failed materially to reduce the exchange...
...indictment of Frederick Barber Campbell. Manhattan lawyer, for failure to register with the U. S. Treasury his possession of 27 bars of gold worth $200,754.34 and for failure to exchange it for paper currency in accord with President Roosevelt's executive order (TIME, Oct. 9): decision by Federal Judge John Munro Woolsey that the Government has the constitutional right to compel hoarders to report and surrender their gold. Reason : "The right of the Government to take private property of any kind when it is deemed necessary by the appropriate authority for the public good." He ruled, nevertheless, that...
...conclusion, come to Fort Worth, where the West begins, and we will extend you the same cordial hospitality we accord to any gentleman. It is proper to add that we always give our visitors the benefit of the doubt...