Word: amendment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Seattle officials say that i) all bids may be thrown out only when all are unsatisfactory; 2) the offer to amend the bid was not only illegal in Seattle, but, if permitted,, would have led to "bedlam" in contract letting...
...Department of Justice has asked Congress to amend the Communications Act in order to permit tapping of telephones in kidnapping and security cases, under authorization of the Attorney General. Congress has not granted the request. Unless and until it does, wire-tapping cannot legally be used as an aid to law enforcement. We consider it imperative at this time for Congress to inquire searchingly into the extent to which the law has been violated and the courts of the United States hoodwinked by a Federal agency. And we think the law should be made so clear that even Attorneys General...