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Chief Justice Hughes, who wrote the decision, explained carefully that its significance was limited and that no judgment had been reached on the fundamental question--the right of Congress to delegate its legislative powers. The basis of the verdict was merely the technical flaw of failing to define adequately the extent of the powers conferred upon the President. Mr. Hughes even made the tacit admission that control of oil production is in itself valuable and even made the tacit admission that control of oil production is in itself valuable and even necessary. Thus it is evident that the long...
...Europe the role of the Marschallin is considered to be Lehmann's greatest. Last week was the first time she has sung it in the U. S. Critics could find no flaw. Few will forget her as she sat before her mirror, sadly realizing that youth, for her, was gone...
...bursting with energy. He had spent a quiet summer studying Persian music in the British Museum. But like any shrewd showman he first gave his subscribers just what they wanted: his own arrangement of Bach, a Beethoven symphony, a magnificent high-powered reading of Death and Transfiguration. Only flaw was the Prelude to Hans Pfitzner's long-winded Palestrina. But of that no one took much notice...
...tall. He was the best player on all his high-school teams. Instead of going to college on a scholarship, he signed a contract to play baseball for Detroit, joined the team last season. But in the record he has compiled since then there was a flaw. He had beaten every team but Washington. The score when the last inning started last week was: Washington 2, Detroit...
...Roosevelt did not leave until 1:00. ¶ Congress sent President Roosevelt a bill to equalize nationalization rights for men and women and grant U. S. citizenship to children born abroad of U. S. mothers. The State Department reported to the White House that there was an accidental flaw in the bill; it would, as it stood, make it hard for a child born abroad of two U. S. parents to keep its U. S. citizenship. Instead of vetoing the bill the President requested Congress to recall and amend it. The bill's sponsors, Representative Dickstein and Senator Copeland...