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...hours. Nonetheless it was a shock to many a businessman to learn last week that Gerard Swope, president of General Electric, appearing before a committee of Congress favored if not a 30-hour week at least the next thing to it. A bill before Congress (TIME, Jan. 23) would prohibit the shipment in interstate commerce of goods manufactured in any plant where workers labored more than five six-hour days a week. Furthermore it would give the Government power to fix minimum wage rates so that manufacturers could not simply cut weekly pay along with hours...
Last week New York's Governor Herbert H. Lehman signed a bill which made his State the first to prohibit the "nicking" of horses' tails. Few laymen knew what the expression meant. Even amateur horsemen sometimes think the show horse's smartly arched tail is a result of breeding or training...
...Totally to prohibit chemical, bacterial and incendiary warfare. Moreover, "bombing from the air would be completely prohibited, except for police purposes in certain outlying regions...
When the Repeal resolution came from the committee it contained two provisions objectionable to most Wets: 1) ratification of the amendment by State Legislatures; 2) authority for Congress to "regulate or prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors to be drunk on the premises where sold." It was Senator Robinson who offered amendments to bring the resolution back into line with the Democratic platform which promised ratification by majority vote of State conventions in 36 States, and complete withdrawal of Federal control of liquor within the States...
...Received from the Judiciary Committee a Repeal resolution wherein Congress retained power to "regulate or prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors to be drunk on the premises where sold." ¶Adjourned for the Coolidge funeral...