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...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...
...Confirmed the appointment of Andrew William Mellon to be Ambassador to the Court of St. James's (see above). ¶ Debated direct Federal Unemployment Relief (see col. 3). ¶ Accepted the credentials of and administered the oath of office to Hattie Wyett Caraway of Arkansas, first woman ever elected to the Senate.? ¶ Received from Oklahoma's Thomas a resolution asking that the Foreign Relations Committee report from time to time on Far Eastern developments affecting U. S. life and property, d. Received from Washington's Jones a resolution prohibiting Army and Navy activity in States which...
...Interior, Prisoner No. 6991 has behaved himself well, should, with good time off, get out May 8. Still unpaid is his $100,000 fine. If he is unable to pay it, he will have to remain another 30 days in prison and take the pauper's oath. Prison medical facilities, the Board of Parole felt, were adequate for treating the heart trouble, chronic tuberculosis, chronic pleurisy and arthritis which many of his friends expected to kill Prisoner No. 6991 before he reached freedom...
...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...