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...reaching. They would, as the insurgents aver, give the House better "control over itself." But they would also give a minority more power to prevent accomplishments by the majority, even if the majority were a clear majority, as the present Republican majority is not. The present rules restrict the power of the House to "control itself," but they also enable it to sort the wheat from the chaff and accomplish results...
...restrict immigration to an annual quota of 2% of the number of per- sons of each nationality resident in this country in 1890 plus equal quotas for relatives of persons now resident...
...participants not organized on any basis of a team and regular attendance, has become more and more popular. Apparently the Harvard undergraduate is interested in a minor sport provided it is not over-organized. It might prove wise and profitable, carrying out this idea in other minor sports, to restrict the present fruitless emphasis on the organized teams and squads. Instead, more of the money which the H. A. A. spends on minor sports, and for some of the time at least the facilities which the University has to offer might be devoted to the use of men who wished...
...That the present law has allowed the Supreme Court to overthrow time after time laws to restrict child labor and other necessary social legislation...
...declared that the U. S. is in sympathy with the movement to restrict the traffic in arms and that by resolution of Congress the President has power to place an embargo on arms to any American country or region under the extraterritorial jurisdiction...