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...evening last week Labor's Non-Partisan League held a meeting in Washington's Willard Hotel to support the President's proposal to reform the Federal judiciary. Just beforehand Willard employes staged a sit-down strike and put pickets around the building...
...Chamber of Deputies to resign, forced the Government to announce a by-election, nominated himself a candidate. From smart young Liberal Premier Professor Paul van Zeeland came a gallant countermove. He decided to resign his own seat, declared that he himself would oppose Rexist Degrelle "as a non-partisan candidate," then hurried off to the Royal Palace to confer with King Leopold III who fixed April 11 for the contest. Declared the Premier: "I do not intend to campaign by radio. No candidate will resort to the radio. The country would only be uselessly upset through that kind of campaign...
...that the Supreme Court will invalidate the Wagner Labor Relations Law which is now before it, and hopes for still bigger & better favors if the Supreme Court is altered. Hence John L. Lewis, Sidney Hillman and Major George L. Berry all announced to the press that Labor's Non-Partisan League approved the President's plan 100%. William Green quickly approved...
Vacancies would be filled by gubernatorial appointment from a list of eligibles selected by a non-partisan commission. Said President Charles M'. Thomson of the Chicago Bar Association as he signed the report: "There can be no reasonable difference of opinion over the proposition that the existing method of selecting judges ...is about as bad as it could...
Formation of a political club for graduate students in Government was announced by Robert H. Rawson '36, who has been chosen President. The club, which is non-partisan, is composed of graduate students of Harvard and Radcliffe and will meet bi-weekly...