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...House, as usual, was not so staid: it resembled a street scene more than a legislative body. In a constant babble-bedlam, members took the oath and went through the routine of organizing. On one side of the centre aisle sat 162 Republicans, two less than last year; on the other, 268 Democrats. Only time there was silence was when Texas' Sam Rayburn, elected Speaker by virtue of the Democratic majority, rose to speak. Rayburn declared...
...attempts to secure his release have heretofore been unsuccessful, because although Morgan enlisted without taking an oath of allegiance to the King, he has been participating actively...
Under the benign auspices of Theodore Roosevelt and his Secretary of State John Hay, Panama proclaimed a republican constitution in 1904. Last Oct. 1, a determined young man named Arnulfo Arias swore an oath as President of Panama faithfully to observe that constitution. Seventeen days later he presented Panama's unicameral Legislature with a proposed Bill of Reforms to remake the constitution. On Nov. 22 the Legislature approved the Bill. Last week, in a plebiscite, the people voted it into effect. Since the voting officials distributed "yes" and "no" votes to be marked, and since Government watchers packed every...
...much and what sort of aid we can extend with safety"), 2) the election of Wendell Willkie. Because his 35th birthday comes next month he would register for the draft, as would Governor Stassen (33) and Lieutenant Governor C. Elmer Anderson (28), then leave for Washington to take the oath and begin work as the Senate's youngest Senator...
...city's relief crisis, he had cracked out right & left, had collided with such Party holy men as State Boss Ed Schorr and Governor John W. Bricker. When he was fighting them for the Senatorial nomination he had proclaimed: "If I am elected I will take an oath to support the Constitution and not to support Ed Schorr." But when he had whipped them, he made terms which they could accept, and the professionals, who can forgive everything but failure, came trooping back. The Burton band wagon has been rolling ever since...