Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...will note my father sold his stock in Insull companies before his appointment was announced and before he took the oath of office last July. Whoever wrote that article apparently had not investigated the facts. If he had looked into the matter and then persisted in printing the article it would seem that in all fairness, an explanation or apology, or both, would be in order, especially in view of my father's subsequent confirmation which took place today by a two to one vote...
...cannot be administered save by means of litigation and court decision cannot long survive." Fundamentals v. Fanaticism. "In the long run whether in the prohibition field or in any other field of government, infinitely more is lost than gained if for the sake of accomplishing immediately a purpose, no matter how desirable, a fundamental principle of good government and sound practice is violated." Such a philosophic dictum might almost have been taken direct from "greatest" Alexander Hamilton himself. And in enunciating it, Mr. Mellon had to employ almost Hamiltonian courage. For he laid down this principle in a letter opposing...
...view of the present wide public interest in the tunnel project the government has come to the conclusion that the time is ripe for a comprehensive reexamination of the question. We are anxious that a very thorough consideration should be made of the economic aspects of the matter in order that these may be weighed with imperial defence considerations and a decision reached on broad grounds of national policy." (See Parliament's Week...
...annually and where contraception is perfectly legal. In Holland the spread of contraception has been rapid in the last 45 years in spite of official opposition, because the midwives of that country have learned its methods. In other countries it is a medical, and therefore a slower matter...
...American laws," Mrs. Hodson concluded, "have made contraception a purely medical matter. Margaret Sanger made it possible for a woman to whom another pregnancy might bring death or severe illness to obtain knowledge of contraceptive measures, and it is under this cloak that much information is given out. But it is necessary, if we desire to decrease the pauper classes, to institute an unhampered program of research into contraceptive questions to discover, if possible, a simple way to free poor or feeble minded women from the burden of families too large to be brought up with safety...