Word: free
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...under civil service, where they have remained ever since. In 1917 Woodrow Wilson required civil service tests of all candidates, with appointment limited to the highest man. Four years later Warren G. Harding replaced this "high man'' policy with the "Rule of Three," which left the President free to choose from the top three men. In 1933 Franklin Roosevelt ordered every candidate to take "an open competitive examination to test his fitness." The "examination" required him to answer a questionnaire about his business experience. Retained, however, was the old Harding Rule of Three, whereby the party in power...
...entertain delegates to the Third World Power Conference in Washington next month, the Rural Electrification Administration sought to demonstrate just what electricity could do for a U. S. farm. From 62 applicants it selected Farmer Hughes and his Rosedale Dairy Farm to receive the benefits of this free experiment. Virginia Public Service Co. donated its power, made sure everybody knew about it (see cut). Members of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association supplied $5,000 worth of equipment without charge...
This year Farmer Hughes, in return for being on constant exhibition, will get the use of all these electrical devices free. Next year, if he chooses, he can buy them at reduced prices, operate them for $18 a month. Every gadget had last week been thoroughly mastered except an electric razor. Farmer Hughes's 31-year-old son claimed he had cut himself while using...
...Into the Free City of Danzig steamed a train and off got the League of Nations High Commissioner for Danzig, His Excellency Seán Lester, greeted only by Mrs. Lester and their dog. The dog leaped up and frisked about while Danzig Nazis stolidly stared at Seán Lester with hate in their blue eyes. Patting his dog on the head, the High Commissioner cracked in German at the Nazis, "Thank you, Meine Herren. Thank you for this warm welcome...
Abruptly the Jewish organ Danziger Echo was suspended for ten months. The only other Opposition organ still appearing, the Catholic Volkszeitung, was wiped out for printing a letter from Danzig Bishop Edward O'Rourke in which he wrote: "The Senate has made war on all the Free City's Christians. I appeal to all Catholics to rally around the clergy...