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Much that is irrational and unsound has been used in the fight against the Byrnes bill. The cry of "dictator" is ridiculous; as a matter of fact, the proposed extension of the Civil Service will lessen the President's power by taking the weapon of patronage from him. The division...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESIDENT'S LOYAL OPPOSITION | 3/30/1938 | See Source »

"It's a sound bill and an essential one; every other President has tried to reform the executive branch, and none of them have gotten to first base," William Y. Elliott, professor of Government and a member of the President's Business Advisory Council said yesterday as he discussed the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: William Y. Elliott Speaks in Favor of Roosevelt Measure For Government Reform; "Bill Is Over Bumps," He Says | 3/30/1938 | See Source »

Stressing the merit of the Bill's provision for six presidential assistants, Professor Elliott said, "If I were looking for faults, I would criticize the abolishment of the Civil Service Commission; I think it should be retained as an examining body. In the second place, the Byrnes Bill makes no...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: William Y. Elliott Speaks in Favor of Roosevelt Measure For Government Reform; "Bill Is Over Bumps," He Says | 3/30/1938 | See Source »

Faced with its impressive omnibus, a joint Congressional committee last year soon fell to squabbling, finally split apart to work on it separately. The House Committee divided the bill into four sections, passed two last August. The Senate bill, introduced by Joe Robinson last June, was rewritten by South Carolina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Reorganization Renaissance | 3/28/1938 | See Source »

Jack Donovan, Dartmouth hurdler; Bill Harding, Yale pole vaulter, and Artie Byrnes, Manhattan Sophomore high jumper, and Herb Weast, Columbia sprinter, are other Millrose place winners of note, eligible for the Intercollegiates on March 5.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thirty-Five Colleges Are Likely to File Entries for I.C.4A Track Championship | 2/11/1938 | See Source »

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