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Perhaps in these times "Respect for law" which is our modern substitute for "love of the King's subjects toward their prince" is a feeble safeguard for the social well being. The subsequent history of Federal enforcement ought to provide President Hoover's Commission with an opportunity for a valuable study in criminology
...other nationalities, their only recourse is to the Council of the League, which under the treaties, is to safeguard their interests. Off-hand this would appear to be a good arrangement and to provide sufficient protection. The League Council has, in fact, done good work in smoothing over difficulties of a minor nature and in paving the way to better relationship through gentle pressure upon various governments. But it has been, to date, unable to handle the larger issues satisfactorily. After all, the League Council is the organ of the larger powers and in its discussions the conflicting interests...
...uncovered in the Armstrong Insurance Investigation. Riddled with greed and corruption, the insurance companies had become a public menace. Hughes exposed their practices and then, from the pinnacle of the Governorship to which his crusading had lifted him, put through a code of laws designed to be a permanent safeguard...
...discussing the danger of snake bites. Dr. do Amaral said. "The most poisonous snake in the western world is the bush master of Central America but the Florida rattlesnake is almost as deadly. Now that serums have been produced to safeguard against all snakebites, people must be educated to capture the poisonous reptiles and send them to the central institute where they can be made to give up their venom. Nonpoisonous snakes should not be killed but should be left alone as they are valuable in their combat against rodents...
...White House that the episode ended. "In-behalf-of-the-President"-that is, by the President himself at press conference-it was announced that the Cumberland plan would never do, that the Coolidge administration would not (again) undertake to supervise, safeguard or guarantee foreign loans made by its citizens, or to interfere in any way with another country's fiscal freedom...