Word: actions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...earned incomes . . . with which I have always been in sympathy as is evidenced by the recommendations the Treasury made to Congress. . . . The Treasury is still of this opinion and will be glad to see these principles [of tax reduction] still further carried into law whenever revenues justify such action...
...ready to begin work almost immediately. The House must first organize (elect a Speaker, House functionaries, etc.). No limit can be placed upon legislation in the Senate, as its committees continue to function, without reconfirmation, from one Congress to the next. But House leaders purpose to restrict legislative action by limiting the number of House committees to be appointed and confirmed to four: Ways & Means (for tariff), Agriculture (for farm relief), Rules (for parliamentary procedure), Accounts (for operating expenses). The House's 42 other committees would be non-existent until the regular December issue, thus preventing them from originating...
...Such an action on the part of the Scholarship Committee indicates the belief that student opinion on these matters is worth consideration. It may be that the results will bring no real benefits, but if the practice is continued it may set a precedent for future student participation in the government of the college. One certain outcome of this innovation will be that the faculty will for the first time be able to see in what way their efforts effect the members of their classes. This action of the Scholarship Committee tends to bring the governing body of the college...
...Champions in Action...
...amount of their time to the affairs of the Union. The new manager will be confined to one field, and will thus be able to be of greater use in his position. The traditions of the past may be destroyed but the increasing demands of management entirely justify this action of the Board...