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...stand on dissemination of information is altogether a different story. The townspeople want to cut out the Red Ogre's tongue. By a clear majority they want to silence the Communist Party in America. The students, 80% of them against 20%, wish to continue its right to plead its cause. Turning to another question, the Cantabrigians are found to favor the Teachers' Oath. Thus they at least suggest that they wish to prevent America's future leaders from drinking any potion that might possibly bring on a rash. The youths, on the other hand, by their preponderant opposition...
When the War began in 1914, the U. S. had no statute to help it avoid entanglement in other nations' armed conflicts. After proclaiming U. S. neutrality exactly as President Washington had done in 1793. President Wilson could only plead with the nation to be neutral "in fact as well as in name ... in thought as well as in action." Any such neutrality, it soon appeared, was clearly impossible. Because the flag followed them wherever they went, U. S. citizens were free to risk not only their own but their nation's safety by traveling through war zones...
...Give no information to officers, only your name. Plead not guilty and demand a trial. Demand that the ILD defend you. Insist that you be let out on your own recognizance. If they refuse, demand that they set a low bail. Demand a copy of the complaint. Do not sign anything. Carry on the class fight in jail and in the courts...
...Premier began to speak in a low voice. Yes, Finance Minister Germain-Martin was out, but he, Flandin, would take that post himself. Then he started to plead...
...rostrum, walked slowly from the Chamber, slumped in a faint in the corridor outside. He was hustled home, put to bed. Not for many hours did he learn that his entire speech had been in vain. Paunchy little Edouard Herriot, leader of the Radical Socialists, had leaped in to plead the government's case until long past midnight. It did not change a vote. The Flandin Cabinet was voted...