Word: becks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sentenced to eight months in jail, was later released when Fred Hastings, who fought the case, got the law declared unconstitutional by a Federal judge. Last week Fred Hastings had famed counsel to plead his case before the top court of the U. S.: ex-Solicitor General James M. Beck...
That theft should be punished by a state, Mr. Beck heartily agreed, but that a theft could become a Federal crime because the object stolen had been in possession of a Federal licensee, he vigorously denied. Thereupon Fred Hastings, Jed Earner and Bale No. 407784 were forgotten. For the question of the Federal Government's licensing powers-on which rest AAA's marketing agreements, the Potato Control Act and many another New Deal project-had been raised. The debate was taken out of the hands of Mr. Beck and his opponent, Assistant Attorney General Joseph B. Keenan...
...Government does is to give prestige and sanctions to an instrumentality," retorted the eloquent Mr. Beck...
...Said Mr. Beck: "In his Farewell Address, George Washington solemnly warned his and all succeeding generations of Americans that the Constitution could be more easily 'undermined' than 'directly overthrown.' Today time gives that prediction proof, and the most effective method of undermining the Constitution is by the doctrine that the Federal Government can usurp the police powers of the states by the simple method of licensing...
...party included Technical Director William Irving Westervelt of Sears, Roebuck; President Frederick Beck Patterson of National Cash Register; President Walter Jodok Kohler of Kohler; President Alvan Tracy Simonds of Simonds Saw & Steel; President James Henry Rand Jr. of Remington Rand. There were executives from International Harvester, Coca-Cola...