Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Despite Nominee Smith's declaration for protection, Nominee Hoover pointed to the Democratic platform's mention of an "effective competitive" tariff. Wading in deeper, but never mentioning his opponent by name, he defended the Tariff Commission as "a most valuable arm of the Government. It can be strengthened and made...
Then he said: "But the American people will never consent to delegating authority over the tariff to any commission whether non-partisan or by-partisan. . . . There is only one commission to which delegation of that authority can be made. That is the great commission of their own choosing, the Congress...
This was rather a neat way of suggesting that Nominee Smith's proposed non-partisan five-man commission would be unconstitutional.
With the much-heralded Army invasion only two days off, Coach Horween yesterday afternoon sent his gridiron forces through an intensive drill. No actual scrimmaging was undertaken, nor will there be any this week, Test any important cogs in the Crimson attack be unexpectedly put out of commission before Saturday...
In a fortnight much can be done; there was much to do. There was the question of remarriage of divorced persons; the place & work of women in the Church; a $4,000,000 budget; there was an impending controversy over a joint commission's recommendation that healing by faith be...