Word: requesters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Attempts to correct social evils, existent or non-existent, such as this request or the Teachers Oath Bill, would be laughable if they did not reveal a real if immature attempt on Boston's part to be a patriotic American city. But it must be admitted that a more effective way to ensure allegiance to the flag would be to practice honest city government, and a better attitude towards the negroes would be to treat them as equals intellectually...
...insist on an oath of allegiance only makes the teachers more unsympathetic with the government. Mr. Campbell is reported to have said that he would read "Captains Courageous" again and give his decision at the end of the week. It is to be hoped that he will refuse the request...
...stated that National Can's temporary lining trouble occurred in the experimental laboratories prior to going into production, as was the case with all Can Companies, our objection to the story might not have been as strong. But as your story was definitely unfair and by inference untrue, we request that you publish the following facts regarding National...
Fleet movements as they occurred were not reported in British papers, by request of the Admiralty. Alien news services were encouraged to transmit via London every fact they could glean about the sudden, sensational and unannounced dispatching of the British Home Fleet, which was scheduled last week to be maneuvering off Scotland, to join the British Mediterranean Fleet. With charm and polish, Admiralty officials said that they "really did not know" the whereabouts of Britain's famed super-warboats, the Hood, the Rodney and the Nelson...
...sometimes happens, we had no lead story at 11 o'clock Wednesday evening when we recalled a letter which demanded that Mr. Bingham express his views on racial discrimination in the Olympic games. The writer wanted this explanation because the ticket applications this fall are accompanied by a request for a contribution towards Harvard's share in the Olympics fund...