Word: amendment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...each other's real estate. A half interest and control by each spouse of all property acquired after marriage by either or both of the spouses, with power in each spouse to devise and bequeath one-half interest in this property." ¶A delegate from Missouri proposed to amend this recommendation by adding that marriage should be considered "a spiritual relationship rather than a business partnership." ¶ Mrs. Park reprimanded those who groaned in disapproval. After an hour's debate the amendment was defeated. ¶f Quantities of birth control literature appeared, but, according to reports...
...YORK: A hearing is now going on in the Assembly Chamber of a bill to amend the state laws against disseminating contraceptive information. If the bill is enacted, it will be a victory for Mrs. Margaret Sanger, one of the world's leading birth control advocates. In the course of her long fight she has won the support of such wealthy and socially prominent women as Mrs. Thomas W. Lament, Mrs. Thomas L. Chadbourne, and Mrs. Otto H. Kahn, who helped her found the American Birth Control League and gave it financial backing...
Once again there is a movement on to amend the Senate rules so as to abolish filibustering, whereby a " small group of wilful men" can talk an important bill to death at the end of a session. The failure of the Subsidy Bill through filibustering has given a new impetus to the reform...
...cash, must expect a certain amount of hardship--war never comes without it; that is no reason for adding to the country's burden of taxation, at the same time pointing a finger of scorn at Americanism. If the Legion really stands for this why not frankly amend the constitution to read--as does that of the G. A. R.: "to inculcate"--not a sense of individual obligation to the community but--" a proper appreciation of their services to the country and to a recognition of such services and claims by the American people...
...voted that the executive committee of the Association might hereafter amend the constitution without calling a forum such as was held today...