Word: promptings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Grover A. Whalen, Commissioner of Plant and Structures in New York, was prompt to address a letter to the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, attacking the A. T. & T. Co. as a monopoly against the "common people" in the approved Hylan manner. His letter has opened up again the whole question as to the future status of the control of radio broadcasting, and whether it shall or not be allowed to drift into exclusive control...
...progressive Democracy .... a new international [economic] conference at Washington .... to take the grip of Wall Street off the Treasury Department .... prompt railway re-forms .... something instead of talk for agriculture .... to reduce internal revenue taxes .... legislation setting up a labor code .... a sound and just tariff measure .... to put the prohibition force under civil service rules .... adjusted compensation [bonus] for veterans...
Premier Macdonald's prompt action in recognizing Russia was attributed by some to a hope that it might hasten the advent of parliamentary institutions in Russia. This is not to be gainsaid, but the prime reason for recognition was one of economic expediency...
...Register is to continue to be published--and there is every need for it in the fall--the Student Council which is, after all, responsible for it, ought to insure, not only a first-rate, accurate, interesting Register, which it does, but the prompt publishing and distribution of the Register, in which it now woefully fails. This can be done by abandoning the fall competitions for the Register Board, and appointing an entire Register Board each spring which will be responsible to the Student Council...
...fear to tread" in the present instance. Yet the deep respect with which I regard the rights of Religion and Science, and my belief that there are others who also wish to mete out full justice, as far as possible, to the respective claims of these hoary old opponents prompt me to propose a truce, the Truce...