Word: reconsiderations
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... It is a matter of profound regret that the confidence I hoped the country would have in the new Commission should be so early and so rudely disturbed." At once an insurgent Senate movement was on foot to reconsider the confirmation of the three Power Commissioners when Congress reassembles next...
* A motion to reconsider nominations must be made within two legislative days after their confirmation, by a Senator recorded as voting for them in the first instance. The Power Commissioners were confirmed the day the Senate adjourned.
This system of "budgetary limitation" was championed from the first by France, opposed for years by Great Britain, opposed to the bitter end by Mr. Gibson. He abstained from voting when this basic clause passed the Preparatory Commission, then attached a U. S. reservation exhorting the forthcoming World Disarmament Conference...
Characterizing Stone & Webster as "one of the greatest power organizations in the U. S." Senator La Follette exclaimed: "The Senate must have an opportunity to decide whether we are to continue the policy of filling key positions with representatives of the power trust." The Senate acceded to Senator La Toilette...
Harvard, richest of universities, recently discharged twenty cleaning women from Widener Library without advance notice or pay and without giving them any reason. These women had been in the employ of the university for periods ranging from thirty-three years to two. Harvard University is a vast business corporation employing...