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...think that some people over here imagine that Socialists are out to destroy freedom. We in the Labor Party ... are in line with those who fought for Magna Carta and . . . the Declaration of Independence. ... In the ranks of our party in the House of Commons are at least 40 practicing journalists. There are several clergymen, many local preachers, plenty of Protestants, some Catholics and some Jews. We are not likely, therefore, to attack freedom of religion or freedom of the press. . . . Our party today is drawn from all classes...
...have said enough to show that the San Francisco conference was not a conference which merely ratified a text which the Big Powers presented. The San Francisco conference performed a great task of creation. It gave birth to an instrument which can be a Magna Carta for the world. ... I can see no reasonable ground for Christian people now to hesitate in their support of the San Francisco charter...
Justice Robert H. Jackson concurred with the majority decision. But in his agreement, he took occasion to write words of cheer for businessmen. Employers, he said in effect, have not been getting their rights to free speech under labor's Magna Carta-the Wagner Act. Said Jackson: "I must admit that in overriding the findings of the Texas court we are applying to Thomas a rule the benefit of which in all its breadth and vigor this court denies to employers in NLRB cases. . . . However, the remedy is not to allow Texas improperly to deny the right of free...
...shortly before Christmas 1940, the quisling Ministry of Police issued an order revoking the clergy's oath of silence. This oath, guaranteeing the Lutheran clergy's right to preserve their parishioners' confidences, as Catholic priests preserve the secrets of the confessional, was Norway's "Magna Carta" of conscience. The seven bishops of Norway prepared to act. In a letter addressed to Minister of Church and Education Ragnar Skancke, they denounced the reign of terror by the Storm Troopers, the attack on schools and students, the forced resignation of the Supreme Court, and demanded to know whether...
Proud "Kept Man" Sirs: I liked your story (TIME, June 26) dealing with the President's Great Blueprint for the brave new world. You were quite right in saying that my denunciation of Mr. Roosevelt's Magna Carta for permanent peace was loud, and it will be louder as time goes...