Word: fair
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...resolved that 1) the A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s suspension of Beck as an A.F.L.-C.I.O. vice president was "illegal," and 2) the Teamsters would refuse to appear before the A.F.L.-C.I.O. Ethical Practices Committee "on May 6, 1957 or at any other time" until they got guarantees of a "fair" hearing...
...Aramburu made it plain to the brass that once the constitution is revised, he will stick to his plan to hold general elections next February and turn over power to whatever government is chosen. The twin elections that Aramburu plans will be the country's first free and fair votes in eleven years...
...that most legal definitions of obscenity ineviably trap serious-intentioned publishers and writers in the censor's net. Last month district attorneys from 38 Pennsylvania counties met to "discuss new methods of combatting the obscene literature pouring into the state." but were anable to agree on any fair or workable censorship formula. Even churchmen do not agree that the stag magazines drive children to delinquency. The Rev. Owen McKinley Walton, executive director of Pittsburgh's Council of Churches, denounced them as "literary chloroform, deadening the moral and spiritual strength of our youth.'' But Unitarian Minister Irving...
These agencies exercise a great deal of relatively unchecked and only vaguely defined power affecting almost every facet of national economic life. The Federal Trades Commission, through its power to insure "fair methods of competition," exercises vital control over any firm engaging in commerce. The Federal Communications Commission, through its licensing requirements makes radio communication a privilege rather than a right. Altogether twenty-nine such agencies exist...
Their broad power to put legislation into effect gives them both legislative and judicial, as well as purely administrative functions. The Interstate Commerce Commisssion, for instance, is to see that railroad rates are "reasonable," while giving a "fair return" to the industry and "adequate" service to the customer. Its rulings eventually affect the price of every product shipped by rail and the cost of travel. It investigates violations of these regulations and its quasi-judicial powers to extend to adjudication of disputes arising under them. Thus the ICC serves as legislator, prosecuting attorney, and court, hardly a position in keeping...