Word: delay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Because of a delay in the mail, Mr. Cross' second article on Washington will not appear until next week. In its place, Mr. Bulkley S. Griffin, Washington correspondent for over a score of New England newspapers, reviews the recent political developments...
Surrogate Foley rubbed his hands over the job: ''It demonstrates that the law's delay may be avoided even in cases involving millions of dollars with serious and complicated questions of law. It would not have been possible to have accomplished this result . . . without the loyal co operation ... of the attorneys on both sides...
Chafing at delay, the Democratic National Congressional Committee made Oklahoma's McClintic chairman of a patronage board to prod the Administration for more jobs. Representative McClintic discovered that of the 800 places in the Library of Congress, only 50 were held by party followers. He wanted something done about that right away. He also found that Presidents Harding, Coolidge & Hoover had by executive order "blanketed" into the Civil Service 4,500 jobs. Representative McClintic wanted President Roosevelt to issue another executive order blanketing them...
...elapsed (unless an emergency clause is attached). If during that period at least 6% of the State's voters petition the Secretary of State protesting the legislative act, the act becomes inoperative until the electorate has a chance to vote on it. Last week Ohio Drys managed to delay a ratification vote ordered by the Legislature for November by rallying 242,000 petitioners, 88,000 more than necessary. Instead of voting for or against Repeal in November, Ohio voters will ballot on whether or not to hold such a referendum. The Dry maneuver lessened the possibility of 36 States...
Touching squarely on the topic which President Roosevelt insists must be kept out of the Conference. Mr. MacDonald rasped with a stubborn Scotch burr: "The question of War debts . . . must be dealt with before every obstacle to general recovery has been removed and it must be taken up without delay...