Word: amendment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other provision would amend the law by allowing the Secretary of State to review a refused visa, or to give a board of scientists and others the reviewing power. This board would weigh the scientist as a security risk against the contribution he might make to the country...
...bill to amend the Constitution has been reported favorably by the Sonata Judiciary Committee and is expected to reach a floor vote within the next few weeks. Senator John F. Kennedy '40 (D-Mass) reports that to date there seems to be little interest in this legislation in Washington. Kennedy told the CRIMSON that he would prefer several states to take the initiative and try voting at 18 before a Federal amendment is attempted. He added, however, "When the amendment is presented for vote on the floor of the Senate, I will vote...
MINIMUM WAGES for retail store employees, now exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act, are being studied by the Labor Department, though it does not plan to try to amend the act this session. When Labor Secretary James Mitchell, himself an ex-retailer, proposed a wage floor at a retailers' convention in Washington last week, retailers angrily said that they would fight any such move...
Five months ago Vienna's hard-driving Archbishop Coadjutor Franz Jachym vainly petitioned the Austrian Chancellor and Parliament to do something about it. The two most obvious solutions: 1) maintain widows' pensions in the event of remarriage; 2) amend the Nazi-instituted marriage law that makes it illegal for a priest to marry anyone without a civil ceremony first, thus permitting "marriages of conscience...
...other hand, now that he is committed, Dulles cannot abandon his proposal without losing international prestige. He must attempt to push it through, arousing as little ill-will as possible. If necessary, Dulles should allow the delegates to amend the wording of the resolution toward their more moderate outlook. The United States will appear less the Hemispheric dictator, and chances of quickly concluding this phase of the conference will improve. For it is in the best interests of the United states to begin discussion of economic problems...