Word: ment
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Kippur (Day of Atone-ment), Jewish holiday...
...More National Gods. In every war the priesthood has been the govern- ment's greatest aid in exciting warriors to battle. Every Christian nation has averred that God was on its side in conflict. The prelates at Lambeth made a gesture to eradicate this unchristian inconsistency. Said they in effect: Nations should arbitrate their quarrels. If a nation has agreed with other nations to such arbitration (cf. the Kellogg-Briand pact) and then goes to war without attempting to settle a dispute peaceably, then the offending nation's priesthood should not call on God for national help. There...
...have reason to believe that an assault is being made by secret means, supported by the resources of a great empire, aimed at the destruction of our system of government. . . . The Federal Govern- ment has no police force available for our protection. ... A force ought to be provided...
...leaders against the tariff were the Scripps-Howard chain (25 papers) and the Hearst chain (24 papers). By word and picture they flayed "the billion-dollar Grundy Bill." The Scripps-Howard newspapers interviewed Henry Ford, quoted him as saying the bill would "stultify business and industry and increase unemploy-ment." Scripps-Howard statisticians in Washington broadcast to all papers in the chain doleful stories of what would happen if H. R. 2667 became law. An example : "The Grundy Tariff Bill will dog Americans' footsteps from the cradle to the grave?and after. The tomb will be no sanctuary from...
...Federal Power Commission, set up in 1920, as an orphan agency to control billions of dollars worth of U. S. water power rights. Its job is to license power companies to construct plants along navigable streams, to check their investments, to regulate interstate power rates, to maintain govern-ment options to buy back licensed plants after 50 years. The nominal commissioners are the Secretaries of War, Interior & Agriculture. They sit about five hours a year. The actual work of the commission is carried on by Frank E. Bonner, its secretary, Charles A. Russell, its solicitor, and William V. King...