Word: demands
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Department has had no little trouble in the administration of one of its charges, the Philippines. The Collectivist Party dominates in its demands that the Archipelago be set adrift, be given complete independence. One phase of this demand has been serious friction between the insular legislature and Governor .General Wood. The independence faction in the islands sent a mission, consisting of Manuel Roxas, Speaker of the Insular House, to the U. S. last Fall (TIME, Nov. 19). Senor Roxas presented his case to the President, and last week received a plain-spoken answer in the form of a letter. Said...
...seldom chooses to rise to heights of impassioned and inspired defense of Socialistic ideals. But he has made the choice and they must be content with his decision. More serious in its tendencies to weaken the Labor Party is MacDonald's impervious disposition; he is inclined to demand devotion and loyalty rather than association in his camp...
...believe that the voting age in this country should be 18 instead of 21", said Mr. George. "The country does not hesitate to demand full responsibility in times of war, yet they do not care to give civic responsibilities in times of peace...
Olive Jones. The center of gravity was Miss Olive M. Jones. She is President of the N. E. A. (National Education Association). "Creeping dangers are threatening the schools of the nation," said she, of which the creepingest appeared to be an unwarranted demand for tax reduction. She spiritedly denounced fiction-writers for misrepresenting the schoolteacher's place in society...
...demand that men should believe only what they can use; only what is true for them...