Word: citizenness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ruling is of no great consequence until it has been passed upon by the Supreme Court." But with processors' suits leaping to a total of 359 three days after the decision, collections of processing taxes were last week down 46% from last year. PWA. "The taking of one citizen's property for the purpose of improving it and selling it or leasing it to another, or for the purpose of reducing unemployment, is not in our opinion within the scope of the powers delegated to the Government." Thus last week the Sixth Federal Circuit Court in Cincinnati condemned...
...Government should be fair with the citizen," thundered Senator Borah. "There is an old fiction that the Government cannot be sued without its consent. I presume we will have to admit that that fiction is pretty well established in our jurisprudence. But it originated in the most egregious fiction that was ever established in any system, that is that the king can do no wrong, because at the time it was incorporated in the Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence the king did not do anything else but wrong, and the reason why the tribunals were denied to the citizens was because...
...piped Nebraska's Norris: "The reason for such a provision is not the ancient, barbaric rule that a king could do no wrong, but a modern rule of self-preservation. ... If there is no limit on the right of a citizen to sue the Government, I do not see how the Government can exist...
James Edward Davidson is a name to command respect among Nebraskans. In 1923 Mr. Davidson was King of Ak Sar Ben (Nebraska spelled backwards), Omaha's Mardi Gras. In 1929. by courtesy of the American Legion, he was First Citizen of Omaha. He is president of Nebraska Power Co., past president of the National Electric Light Association. Mr. Davidson was reported dissatisfied with ihe disrespectful treatment which Dr. Sealock's young instructors gave private ownership of public utilities...
...radio by the foreman just as the late John Dillinger was shooting his way out of a local apartment house. But the Daily News's agitation last year helped St. Paul elect a reform Mayor who appointed as Commissioner of Public Safety Henry Edward ("Ned") Warren, a conscientious citizen who came fresh to politics from his automobile salesroom. Commissioner Warren wanted to import Alexander Jamie of Chicago's old "Secret Six" organization as police chief. In spite of Jamie's record as a onetime Federal sleuth who gave criminal Chicago a wash behind the ears, St. Paul...