Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only if supported by both his own Fianna Fail Party and the Irish Labor Party. Up to last week nearly all Englishmen and numerous Irishmen had supposed that the Irish Labor Party was dead set against two of victorious de Valera's pet projects: 1) abolition of the oath of allegiance to King George which is required of members of the Dail; 2) repudiation of the $25,000,000 payments annually made by the Irish Free State to Britons who used to own land in Ireland- the famed "absentee landlords." Suddenly and officially last week the Council...
Promptly prospective President de Valera said "The oath of allegiance to King George is obligated by Article XVII of the [Irish Free State] Constitution. We propose to remove that article." Said President Cosgrave, "I hope the new Government will be an honorable one and that if the oath of allegiance to King George is done away with it will be by negotiations." Thus there seemed small doubt last week that King George, the fly in Irish freedom, will be swatted...
...Last week William Andrew Mellon attended his last Hoover Cabinet meeting as Secretary of the Treasury. A profuse exchange of kind words followed. Back at the Treasury Mr. Mellon took the oath as Ambassador to Great Britain, cryptically remarking: "This isn't a marriage ceremony. It's a divorce." At the same time Ogden Livingston Mills was sworn in as Secretary of the Treasury. When Ambassador Mellon was handed his commission, he declared: "This is the first time I've received something." Secretary Mills twitted him on his jokes: "Really, you're getting...
...court, and the committee, in denying citizenship to pacifists, have set at nought the principle of freedom of thought, supposedly a foundation stone of the constitution. They have discriminated in favor of illiterate aliens who are rushed through the naturalization process in a steady stream, taking the oath either without realizing its significance or without ever intending to fulfill it. In their zeal against those who are honestly opposed to war, they have deprived the nation of many citizens of a superior type which it most needs. Finally, they have set up a legislative barrier to the peace towards which...
...that the Olympics date back nearly 2,800 years. ... I hereby proclaim open the third Olympic winter games celebrating the tenth Olympiad of the modern era." Greek athletes, before their Olympic games, swore to compete fairly and to the best of their abilities. Modern Olympic athletes also have an oath, to recite which the U. S. committee selected Jack Shea, 21-year-old Dartmouth sophomore, speedskater and son of a Lake Placid butcher. While the other athletes raised their right hands in assent, Skater Shea solemnly assured 5.000 spectators: "We swear that we will take part in the Olympic Games...