Word: laws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...law which enabled the President to promote Pershing from captain to brigadier general has unfortunately been revoked-the law that "ave us such men as Pershing, Wood, Bell, runston. Now the Government can do nothing to Accelerate the promotion of a brilliant soldier it finds down the list but such a man must wait or those above him to die off or retire...
...Commissioner Chisolm's remarks in TIME, Aug. 26, regarding CELLS and CRIME, in U. S. are pertinent and logical. Rigid laws are not needed and fail their purpose. Too many laws today make "criminals" out of unoffensive citizens. Under our present system the most law-abiding citizen breaks on the average of 20 laws, and ordinances, each and every 24 hours. Over-crowding of prisons in U. S. is due to large extent to persons being made "criminals" by law, without possessing criminal intents and propensities...
Attorney at Law Alton...
...wish to make a confession of your inability to effectively direct the activities of your department, for which a large proportion of a $36,000.000 appropriation is allotted, the admission should be made primarily to your superiors in Washington, instead of 'passing the buck' to the State law-enforcing officers. Your plan would necessitate increasing the police personnel by 5,000 men, costing the taxpayers of the City of New York a minimum of $15,000,000 per annum...
Founding. On Aug. 5, 1737, the first edition of the weekly Gazette "containing the freshest advices, both Foreign and Domestick," was printed by William Parkes whose daughter Eleanor later became the mother-in-law of Statesman Patrick Henry. Mr. Parkes described himself as a "Printer, by whom subscriptions are taken . . . at 15 shillings per Ann. And Book Binding is done reasonably, in the best manner." The issues, 7½ in. wide by 12½ in. long, contained but four pages (one sheet folded like letter paper), with two columns on each page...