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...Word from Detroit announced that the following dictum had been posted in Henry Ford's factories...
...couching this last phrase, Dr. Wilson was probably grasping in his mind for Benjamin Franklin's famous dictum: "We must all hang to- gether, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." That phrase may not have come quickly to his mind, with the result that he substituted a phrase acquired in his duties as a censor of public morals...
Outcome. The Federal Trade Commission's dictum is by no means final. That body, created in 1914, is subordinate in its interpretations of the law to the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which may enforce, set aside, or modify orders of the Commission. Still higher is the U. S. Supreme Court...
...rest, complete rest. His doctor forbade all divertisements in the haunts of men. He was bidden to go straight to his home at Murray Bay, near the Saguenay River, and there wait the Summer out. Sitting on the St. Lawrence, he must practice being healthy according to his dictum: "Oranges and discipline, that's the recipe...
...this general analysis is true there can be no doubt whatsoever that the newspaper world is admirably fulfilling its mission. Yet one hesitates to accept Dr. Lee's dictum. It takes little investigation to prove that publicity's sought and cherished, rather than regarded with that horror which usually attaches itself to the wages of sin. And should this definite philosophy be firmly fixed in the public mind, one might draw the regrettable conclusion that the President of the United States and the Prince of Wales are the most sinful of men. To reward sinners with fame seems the very...