Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...good as anyone could expect. Almost all of the technical law-breaking was done under previous Commissioners, who had approved Dr. Van Waters' actions in full. On all else, McDowell was left with a handful of questionable instances. Dr. Van Waters never had her subordinates take an oath of office. One inmate had possessed a key in violation of the law, although testimony brought out the fact that she was working in apart of the institution where she needed the key in order to got into the bathroom. But the Commissioner evidently felt that he did have "just cause...
...Communist oath for union officials; the requirement that unions be liable for most of the labor practices that Taft-Hartley had defined as "unfair...
...floor but there it would run into a coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats. There were signs that the Administration itself, having made a down payment on its debt to labor, wouldn't mind too much if a few amendments were tacked back on. The non-Communist oath, for example, might be put back. And Harry Truman, who had found the Taft-Hartley injunction a handy weapon to use in four national-emergency strikes, might like to have it around again...
...Whoop Left. Almost two hours before the President showed up to take the oath of office, the men of Battery D were in their seats in the stands. They rose as one man and yelled when Harry Truman appeared. Later, they took their positions in two long lines on either side of his car-sedate-looking fellows, carrying canes-and walked beside the car down Capitol Hill. It was a brisk, 46-minute walk and everyone made it except George Hardy, who got a stitch in his side, and "Deadman" Riley, who just got tired. The others all felt fine...
...attorney, T. Ross Sharpe, called two of the jurors down out of the box to be witnesses. Though both had sworn they were "impartial" before being seated on the jury, they each said they considered Amy's reputation "bad" and would not believe what she said, even under oath...