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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...attorneys of the Department of Justice, all had pre-empted front seats. Present also were Senator Robert Wagner of New York, Chinese Ambassador Sao-ke Alfred Sze and many another who expected interesting developments. Prime event they hoped for was a decision on Mr. Wagner's Labor Relations Act. In that they were disappointed, but their time was well spent, for they witnessed a red-letter decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: Chambermaid's Day | 4/5/1937 | See Source »

Governor Hurley exempts teachers from this class of minorities, when they act from "honest convictions." In that case he entertains "profound and abiding respect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Governor Hurley Deals Oath Law Repeal Bill Death Blow by Veto | 4/2/1937 | See Source »

...said that he had picked Borah's speech attacking the proposed court change because he thoroughly agreed with it. A contrast was made by Elwood M. Rabenold, Jr. '37, who spoke from the opposite point of view, reciting a speech by the Hon. James A. Bayard on "The Judiciary Act...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lee Wade Prize in Public Speaking Won With Borah's Anti-Court Change Speech | 4/1/1937 | See Source »

...grueling than that of Brunhilde in the Ring which she is also to sing here in Boston. The role of Tristan is to be taken by the well known Wagnerian tenor, Lauritz Melchior. This part is without doubt one of the most thankless in all grand opera from the acting standpoint, for during the entire last act, Mr. Melchior is forced to toss feverishly on a couch in death agonies while at the same time singing a long and rather dull part. Few tenors have been able to bounce up and down in a realistically painful manner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 4/1/1937 | See Source »

...first man who would be dictator, whatever his name may prove to be," declared Professor Griswold. He asserted that there had been a "no man's land" between Federal and State authority, but that Monday's decision by the Supreme Court, reversing its stand on the minimum wage act, completely altered this "twilight zone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Griswold Warns Senate Committee of Dictatorial Effect of Court Tampering | 3/31/1937 | See Source »

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