Word: attorney
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...defend the Administration's slightly blurred substitute for the Taft-Hartley Act (TIME, Feb. 7). One of its foggiest points was whether the President would have the right to an injunction to stop strikes which imperiled the national welfare-a right clearly stated in the Taft-Hartley Act. Attorney General Tom Clark sent along his opinion that such a right was "inherent in the presidency...
...pointed out. "What did you intend your lawyers to draw?" Tobin, who had actually directed the drawing of the bill, still tried to duck. Taft kept after him until, cornered, Tobin said: "We did not draft a bill that had to do with emergency disputes ... I am not an attorney and did not know what the answer would...
...Didn't. The answer was clear enough to Lawyer Taft. He snapped: "I disagree with the Attorney General. I don't know of any inherent right of the President to get injunctions in a national emergency. If you want to do that you ought to say so in so many words ... in clear law." Oregon's waspish Lawyer Wayne Morse, a Republican friend of labor, agreed with Taft...
Discussing the topic "Congressional Investigations--How Can They be Improved?", the Forum brought two congressmen, a Washington reporter, and a New York attorney to offer their recommendations and their criticism...
...congressmen, a journalist, and a prominent, New York attorney will mull over the problem, "How Can We Improve Congressional Investigation?" when the Law School Forum swings into its spring term program at 8 p.m. in the Rindge Tech auditorium...