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Hand of Poker. More than 100 amend ments to the New Deal had already been submitted by special interests. The wine lobby, the distillers, the civil servants, the farmers-all had their champions popping up to defend their privileges. Wartime Premier Paul Reynaud, an old-fashioned financier, was alarmed. The plan, he said, is "as vague as it is irreproachable." "If I understand you correctly," Reynaud said, "your scenario is like this: you open the frontiers, and there is a massive invasion of foreign goods. There is a terrible shock, and you pick up the wounded at the expense...
...shall be barred from guild membership "by reason of age, sex, race, national origin, religious or political conviction." That provision has always prevented the guild from slamming the door on Communist members. Last week at its annual convention in Los Angeles, the guild passed a resolution to amend its constitution, barring from membership "any proven or admitted member of the Communist Party." Explained Guild President Joseph F. Collis: "Membership in the Communist Party represents more than a political conviction and is in fact participation in an international conspiracy to destroy the freedoms we uphold...
...Former Acting Governor Melvin E. Thompson of Valdosta: amend the U.S. Constitution to give the states exclusive rights over the schools...
...Shelved in the Senate by a vote of 50-42 was an Administration-sponsored bill to amend...
...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...