Word: proclaiming
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...Then why proclaim her Presbyterianism? Why not go over lock, stock and barrel to our Romanish friends...
...worse than useless for opponents of the bill to point out that in passing the oath bill the gentlemen of Beacon Hill are subverting the very constitution of which they so loudly proclaim themselves the guardian angels. Such pseudo-patriotic cliques as the American Legion and the Daughters of the American Revolution (Sic!) whose life blood has always been publicity, have more effect upon state legislatures in their present state of decay...
...Senate resolution provided that on the outbreak of a war (which was left undefined) the President should at once proclaim its existence, forbid shipment of "arms, ammunition & implements of war" (also undefined) to each & every belligerent. To enforce that embargo U. S. munitioneers were to be licensed by a National Munitions Control Board, U. S. ships forbidden to carry munitions direct to belligerent ports, or to neutral ports for transshipment. At his discretion the President could also forbid U. S. citizens to travel on belligerent ships except at their own risk. The Senate, in effect, was issuing a "must" order...
That two parties to a general treaty should proclaim their right to violate the mutual pledge of all, jiggled profoundly last week the underpinnings of international law and comity. Smug Japanese were made to feel that their violations of the Nine-Power Treaty can be made "right" if Japan can persuade any one of the other eight signatories to exchange favorable notes with her. In Paris the new Cabinet of Premier Pierre Laval were inclined to answer oui when asked by the French Admiralty whether, in the opinion of the French Foreign Office, the Washington Treaty limiting French naval strength...
...Rejecting a Senate request that he proclaim a national celebration of Mother's Day, President Roosevelt declared: "I prefer to think that the tributes which will be paid to mothers will come simply and spontaneously from our hearts...