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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Proposed revisions would remove many of the discriminatory provisions and increase the total number admittable to 339,000. This would bring the United States' share of DP's in closer proportion with the quotas of other smaller countries, such as Great Britain...
When President Truman signed the present law in 1948, he specifically condemned its inadequacy and obvious bias, and urged Congress to revise it at the first opportunity. A bloc of Republicans and Southern Democrats has just thrown one opportunity down the drain. Perhaps in January, with a larger number of Senators interested enough to attend, this mistake can be rectified...
...Dunster House dining room underwent a 30-second blackout punctuated with cheers during supper last night in a birthday celebration for John M. Major, tutor in English. In the middle of the blackout a large cake appeared, lit by an undetermined number of candles...
More pennants have gone to Philadelphia than to any other city. But the number of pennants sent out has risen steadily through the years as news of the service has spread to youths all over...
...meeting the council made a regulation allowing proctors to take part in these games, and the following changes in Freshman touch football rules: 1) The number of plays per quarter is limited to 12. 2). No forward passing is allowed beyond the line of scrimmage. 3) The in-bounds line is ten yards from either sideline. 4) The ball must be passed by the center between his logs. 5) After a touchdown, the ball is put into play five yards from the goal line for the extra point, which may not be kicked. 6) No downfield blocking is allowed...