Word: howe
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Arthur Sutherland, Bussey Professor of Law, said "every conceivable constitutional power" of the federal government should be utilized in formulating an effective piece of legislation. But he was in general agreement with Mark A. DeWolf Howe '23, professor of Law, and Robert G. MeCloskey, professor of Government, who clearly favored employing the commerce clause over the 14th Amendment...
...Prof. Howe said that because the 14th Amendment refers specifically to state action, a bill based on its "equal protection" clause would not encompass many instances of discrimination which have nothing to do with state involvement. More importantly, he said, Southern states would be given a chance under such a bill for extended obstructionism. "It is foolish to give them (the Southern states) the opportunity for further delay," Howe declared...
Prof. McCloskey echoed Howe's position, and said he "questioned the sincerity" of those who seek a civil rights bill based on the 14th Amendment. McCloskey was particularly adamant is upholding the constitutional validity of employing the commerce clause, and predicted that any such bill reaching the Supreme Court would be upheld...
...cream freezer on the back porch, the relentless whistling of the wind scorching in off the plains, the brutal whump of the springs of the Cadillac as it guns across the railroad tracks. They also evoke it with the black-and-white camera of Old Master James Wong Howe: Dr. Pepper signs, juke joints, a greased-pig rodeo...
...Montecatini's settling in West Virginia, and the decision of Japan's Sekisui Chemical Co. to build a factory to make polystyrene foam in Hazelton. Pa., because they bring jobs to areas of chronic unemployment.) The French aluminum producer Pechiney bought control of New York's Howe Sound to gain an exotic-metals business, and the Japanese want Sheraton's Hawaiian hotel because they anticipate a rush of Hawaiian tourist business from affluent Japanese...