Word: reformations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Exempt Securities?"Another reform which is urgent in our fiscal system is the abolition of the right to issue tax-exempt securities. The existing system not only permits a large amount of the wealth of the nation to escape its just burden, but acts as a continual stimulant to municipal extravagance...
Coal Problem?"The cost of coal has become unbearably high. . . . Those responsible for the conditions in this industry should undertake its reform and free it from any charge of profiteering. ... I do not favor Government ownership or operation of coal mines. . . . The supply of coal must be constant. In case of its prospective interruption, the President should have authority to appoint a commission empowered to deal with whatever emergency situation might arise...
...surprise of the week was of a jack-in-the-box nature. Premier Poincaré hid his chagrin at the defeat of the Electoral Reform Bill from the Chamber for two days, while the air was charged with amendments, sub-amendments, remonstrance and counter remonstrance, orations cold and orations hot. Suddenly out sprang M. Poincaré from his little box, uttered a few short, sharp, subtle sentences making the passage of the bill a question of confidence in the Government, and ? abracadabra, the bill was passed by 408 votes to 127, thus completely reversing the minority vote of two days previous...
...Electoral Reform Bill chaperoned by Premier Poincaré was defeated in the Chamber of Deputies by 290 votes to 275. As the Premier had not made it a question of confidence, the defeat did not imply non-support of the Government...
...more than a realization that a democratic heart can beat under silks and ribbands, it is necessary to obtain efficiency in American diplomatic circles. It seems self-evident that ambassadors should be selected upon the basis of ability and experience. No effective reform, however, can be instituted until Congressmen realize the value of a trained diplomatic service. Perhaps the failure of the Versailles treaty will point the moral, for it was definitely a pact written by politicians who had to arrange the provisions to humor their constituencies. The first improvement should be the raising of diplomats' salaries to the point...