Word: restrictions
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this,* British newspaper readers had scant opportunity to judge or obtain pertinent facts last week, and at the annual meeting of the British Institute of Journalists at Edinburgh their President Hugh W. Dawson read a hot attack on those British forces which he said tend constantly to "restrict the scope of free criticism and give the newspapers pause before they expose a public scandal." Including British law as now administered among these stifling forces, British Journalists' president cried: "There seems to be a tendency in courts of law, particularly on the part of English juries, to regard newspaper faults...
...Vatican Voice: The Holy See is urging Bishop Gallagher to advise Father Coughlin to restrict his radio speeches to religious subjects during the American election campaign. The Vatican does not wish to jeopardize its good relations with President Roosevelt, who, it is understood here, has promised to establish a U. S. legation in the Holy See as soon as possible...
...later added: "He profits most who serves best." Kiwanians say: "We build." Lions hold to "Liberty: Intelligence: The Nation's Safety." Civitans are "builders of good citizenship." Individual clubs admit one member of each profession or business classification in the community, except Kiwanis, which admits two. Civitans restrict membership to "white Caucasians," will take as many ministers as apply...
...belief that exchanges for dealing in securities and commodities are necessary and of definite value to our commercial and agricultural life. Nevertheless, it should be our national policy to restrict, so jar as possible, the use of these exchanges for purely speculative operations. -Franklin D. Roosevelt in a message to Congress...
...Eugenics: "Hitler has inspirited his people just as Mussolini de-Wopped the Wops. Breeding has been encouraged, the birth rate has risen, and they are improving the quality. Here in this country ignorance and prejudice prevent improvement and largely restrict births to the less...