Word: provisos
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...amendment by the Republicans' Wherry and John Bricker which would direct the President, if he applied any price controls, to apply them all-and along with them, freeze all wages. Instead they gave the President power to impose selective price controls as deemed needed, but with a stern proviso: He must also freeze wages in the industries involved. Thus if steel prices were frozen, steelworkers would have their wages frozen, even though the price of their clothing and food might still be going up. Such so-called selective controls promised more confusion than stability. Bricker called the provision...
...jury of his professional peers last week decided that he was unfit to practice medicine. Meeting in the New Hampshire State House at Concord, the State Board of Registration in Medicine "indefinitely" suspended Dr. Sander from medical practice in the state by revoking his license, with the proviso that after two months he might apply for reinstatement...
Maria's benefactor is a dapper millionaire banker from Healdsburg, Calif, named Benjamin Bloom. "Benny," as he is known to everybody in San Salvador, built the hospital 22 years ago, and gave it to the government. His one proviso: that he (and after his death, his wife Aline) should have a free hand in running...
...wording of loyalty provisions in Congressional bills is not always the some; in some cases the scope is more extensive than in others. On the bill establishing a National Science Foundation which passed the House last week, the proviso was unfortunately more inclusive than most, extending to those who "have been members at any time of any organization declared subversive by the Attorney General." These requirements are even more stringent that the restrictions on Atomic Energy Commission fellowships, which often involve work with classified materials...
...sale to the highest bidder. The proceeds will be donated to the British treasury. "It is the duty of every individual," the 82-year-old Queen Mother explained, "to contribute something directly to help the country in its need for dollars." Her patriotic duty done, Queen Mary added one proviso in the interests of posterity: whoever bought her carpet would have to agree to turn it over "eventually" to a public institution...