Word: billing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Felix Frankfurter's decision will cost him $1,435 of his $20,000 salary. Justice McReynolds, not voting in the 8-0 opinion, will as a bachelor pay more than any other justice: $1,660. Chief Justice Hughes' bill...
...time since age purged the U. S. Supreme Court for Franklin Roosevelt, his four appointees this week lined up to give the New Deal a victory which it could not have had otherwise. Hugo Black (no dissenter for once) ruled for himself as well as Stanley Reed, Felix Frankfurter, Bill Douglas that bonds previously payable in gold dollars or foreign currency equal to their gold dollar value are now payable in devalued Roosevelt dollars. Owen Roberts agreed, in the first 5-to-4 decision of the current term. Dissenters: Chief Justice Hughes, Justice Stone and (as usual) Justices McReynolds, Butler...
...appropriation for such help from $2,190,000 to $2,847,000. Before thus braving taxpayers, who generally (and unjustly) believe that all Congressional secretaries are loafing relatives, the gentlemen of all parties devoted more prayerful debate to the proposal than they had accorded a $773,420,000 Navy bill...
...stand up and be counted as dignified members of this great body, and not act like a lot of scared cats. . . ." But only 35 wanted a roll-call. In secure anonymity, 237 voted Aye and 95 (who in anonymity could hope to profit nothing) voted No. Then the bill went to the Senate, which can hardly object since the House voted for more Senate clerks...
...Governor, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the House and Republican elective officials at Lansing thrust Michigan's sartorially perfect Senator into the Presidential race from which he has ostentatiously and repeatedly withheld himself. Senator Vandenberg, flush with success after beating down the Florida Ship Canal Bill, said he was "grateful." Manhattan's Michigan-born racket buster, Tom Dewey, consistent favorite in the Republican race, who agreed to the Vandenberg endorsement, will now look to the New York delegation for home-State support...