Word: discussable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Prohibition is one of the main, if not the main problem we must deal with. . . . To stop by the wayside and discuss publicly what we think or don't think would be foolish. ... I hope we will have some definite report ready in December [when Congress meets] but that is merely a hope...
...which flooded W:all Street. Where originated all these wild tales, no man could tell. But no man could stop them. Cool brokers fought to quell them, only to catch the disease themselves. Denial seemed to lend authority. Some firms sent memorandums to all employes, warning them that to discuss another firm's financial position, even among themselves, was a breach that could not be tolerated. But as stocks kept falling, the stories flew faster. Weakness in certain issues, notably Fox, corresponded with rumors concerning houses sponsoring them. Cause and Effect became confused...
...feels that something ought to be done to get the undergraduate out of the local excavations. His mail stated that no remarks about such commonplaces as New York Night Clubs, Wanderings amid the Widener Turnstiles and such ilk would be tolerated. The letter expressly stated that this column should discuss "Quaint, Quotable, and Out-of-the-Way Spots Having an Aura of Originality...
Regulations. In Washington 100 manufacturers and operators met with Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics Clarence Marshall Young to discuss proposed revisions in the air commerce regulations. The airplane manufacturers section of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce pleading for greater liberality to relieve the manufacturers' marketing distress, petitioned: I) that a student (meaning a prospective plane purchaser) be allowed to receive dual flight instruction from any transport pilot without a permit or physical examination; 2) that the cost of medical examination for private license be cut; 3) that the department resume its former practice of inspecting and test-flying...
Bishop Cannon refused to discuss Methodist Church charges against him (TIME, Sept. 29), fired the roman candles of distraction: "Catholics are largely responsible for the feeling against Prohibition. The archbishops, cardinals and on up to the Pope are antagonistic...