Word: processes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Aberdeen, Miss, last week, a Negro, exonerated by proper process of law, was seized by a lynch mob of white men, shot twice and left to die. In Baltimore, a synagogue was desecrated. A public opinion poll showed that one-third of the nation thinks Jews have too much economic power; one out of seven believes that Catholics have too much political power...
...power to investigate was not explicit in the Constitution. But it has become implicit: the Supreme Court has held that the right to legislate carries with it the right to inquire into all business pertinent to the nation's welfare. Because such inquiries are not a judicial process, Congress also has the right to make its own rules...
...these stories were capped by the fascinating tale of Madam X. She had been divorced in 1940 and had collected $40,000 in the process. She had sold $20,000 worth of stocks & bonds in 1942. When she came to Manhattan with her illegitimate daughter, the welfare department had put her on a $222.75-a-month allowance and had allowed her to stay at a hotel of her own choice. When a welfare investigator called, Madam X had "awed" him by appearing in a mink coat and a mink...
There were, however, plenty of signs that the democratic process in China, while not perhaps as up-to-date as that of Kansas City, was not wholly different from it. When the Kuomintang announced this week its list for the Legislative Yuan, old-guard members who were not up for renomination let out a howl of protest. They had fed so long and faithfully at the public trough-and was this to be their reward...
...side of business management, he sees a need for leaders who consider the workers feelings and emotions as much a part of the industrial process as machinery and money...