Word: membered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Evans Hughes (Excerpts): "Here the ground swells of autocracy have not yet upset or even disturbed the authority and responsibility of the essential legislative branch of democratic institutions. . . . What the people really want they generally get. ... In the great enterprise of making democracy workable, we are all partners. One member of our body politic cannot say to another-'I have no need of thee...
...Laborite Member of Parliament Dr. Edith Summerskill is a belligerent feminist. She is also a top-notch gynecologist and mother of two children. Her husband, likewise a doctor, works in London's famed Harley Street, where doctors' fees are reputed highest in the world. During the House of Commons' question time one day last week, Edith Summerskill, M.P., M.D., stood up and asked: "Will the Prime Minister consider the introduction of legislation to compel wage earners to disclose their wages to their wives?" The other eight women M.P.s sat up in their seats, the 341 men* took...
...have no kick about working conditions at Harvard, but we feel that the college can and should pay us more," a House dining-hall waitress and A.F. of L. member, said yesterday concerning her local's threat to strike Monday unless the University makes certain concessions...
...Right now," he said, "I am only a member." It was learned, however, on good authority that Professor Cannon would take his place on a national steering committee...
...believe that a Department has a collective responsibility and should have a correspondingly collective authority. The administrative affairs should be conducted by a member in whom the staff has the greatest confidence. Therefore, we recommend that the Departmental Chairman, a permanent member of the staff, should be elected through secret ballot, by all members of the Department, and that he should serve a three-year term...