Word: obstructiveness
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...implied belief that the word of a thinker is less likely to be taken as law by "near Americans" if he is incarcerated than if he is left at large. Admirable as Mr. Mason's scorn for those who, through the pardon of Gene Debs, might be encouraged to obstruct the prosecution of future wars; edifying is his stand in regard to the freeing of William Haywood...
...displayed during the war be harmless when there are thousands, even millions, of uneducated unthinking near-Americans who accept his world as law because they have not enough reasoning power to form their own opinions. In future wars this case will be a splendid example to those who will obstruct the prosecution of that war. "If Debs got free after the last war, I surely will after this one," will be their perfectly logical reasoning. Too many slackers and cowardly "conscientious objectors" have been freed in the last year to wit: William Haywood, the I. W. W. leader...
...greatest hindrance to deflation in prices is the fact that everybody desires it in all products except that which he himself produces. How are we going to bring about deflation when we continually obstruct it? It is like the man who tries to lift himself by his own bootstraps...
...solidarity, has not helped the situation. Both are like blind men, thinking they perceive an enemy and thrashing about wildly in mutually destructive combat. Only when the energy thus wasted can be turned to a sane recognition of true facts, can we avoid revolution and attack the abuses which obstruct the road to progress...
Interdormitory athletic contests for the Freshmen will be conducted this year as in former years. The fact that Smith Halls are not entirely occupied by Freshmen will not obstruct the usual contests. Standish and Gore will be two contestants, and all Freshmen living in the Yard, in Smith Halls, or elsewhere, will form a third group...