Word: limiteds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week, eight days before the time limit for a reply had expired, the Japanese Foreign Office proved its mastery of delicate diplomacy. A note was sent to the three powers reiterating Japan's willingness to negotiate "quantitative" arms reduction (to all-round parity), but regretting that no information would be given on current Japanese naval construction. At the same time a most interesting statement was given. It began by saving the Japanese Navy's face by stating that Japan was not concerned with the provisions of a treaty of which she was not a signatory...
...investigate new uses, markets, and by-products for farm commodities; 2) the appropriation of $20,000,000 unexpended balance from the $500,000,000 Soil Conservation Act appropriation to finance a new Federal Crop Insurance Corporation empowered to issue policies to farmers against crop disaster; 3) a provision to limit payments to any one farmer in any one State to $10,000; 4) the recognition in principle of outright payments to farmers to make up the difference between market and "parity prices," which will be forthcoming only "if and when appropriations are made therefor...
Ever since Conant's report was first made public, wide comment has resulted on the policy to limit the number of students. This criticism reached its height last Tuesday when the Cambridge Union of University Teachers voted to send the President a statement expressing "strong dissent" with his annual report...
...other nations were willing to disarm because all they had to do was to tear up blueprints, while we actually scrapped battleships. And now, when it seems likely that Japan is exceeding her quota, we haven't even built up to our treaty limit...
...integrated system. Many utility holding companies not only refused to register but declared they would get injunctions against the whole Act. SEC then agreed to hold the Act in abeyance while it brought a test case against Electric Bond & Share. When it got to court, however, SEC attempted to limit the test only to the necessity for registration. E. B. & S. lost twice in lower courts. Said its brief last week: "The Government is seeking to avoid and the defendant holding companies to secure, a test of the substantive provisions...