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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...protest is as follows: "The undersigned, members of the faculty of the Harvard Law School, though varying in their political opinions and their views as to the desirability of some of the policies of the present administration, are agreed that a provision, under the plan proposed, empowering the President to appoint justices to the Supreme Court of the United States in addition to the number now authorized by law, is undesirable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAW PROFESSORS PROTEST PACKING OF SUPREME COURT | 3/8/1937 | See Source »

Mother Advocate produces the initial member of her spring brood with the publication today of the March issue. Among the articles of interest is the featured story called "A Plague o' Both Your Houses," which is an excellent survey of the chief flaws in the House Plan. Discussing the system from the point of view of one who has been disappointed for various reasons with the fruits of Mr. Harkness' generous gifts, Alvah W. Sulloway '38 brings into print "what oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed." He finds that the House plan "lacks the ability to integrate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Survey of Flaws in House Plan Main Article of Interest in March Advocate | 3/8/1937 | See Source »

Franklin Roosevelt, glancing over his morning newspapers one day last week, suddenly frowned in displeasure. He had come upon a report saying that he was planning to stump the country on behalf of his plan to appoint six new members to the Supreme Court. A few minutes later Secretary Steve Early was out handing a bulletin to the press. It denounced the report as "false" and "hostile": the President had no intention of making such a stumping tour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: No Buchanan | 3/8/1937 | See Source »

Expanding the plan tried for the first time last year, the Athletic Association will offer for next fall two season football ticket books for designated seats at all home games except that played with Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RESERVED SEASON FOOTBALL SECTIONS OFFERED BY H.A.A. | 3/6/1937 | See Source »

...details of the plan, they will provide many possibilities for experimentation. For one thing, the selection of books may be stimulating and varied, but must never be overburdensome in number or recondite in treatment. Again, any examinations will, necessarily, be on a comprehensive plane; they might well pose unusual questions which will stir the creative brain cells rather more than memory. Tangible incentives might take the form of certificates, individual prizes, or House trophies, or a combination of several. In any case it must always be kept in mind that the plan should be as all-inclusive as possible; that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE EPIC OF AMERICA | 3/5/1937 | See Source »

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