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...Association or League. This state of mind nearly wrecked the treaties negotiated at the Naval Limitation Conference in the autumn of 1921, particularly the four power Pacific pact, which was not ratified until President Harding told the Senate, "Either these treaties must have your cordial sanction, or every proclaimed desire to promote peace and prevent war becomes a hollow mockery." The same state of mind thus far has prevented ratification of the Harding-Hughes proposal that the United States adhere to the Permanent Court of International Justice, on conditions carefully devised to avoid membership in the League of Nations, although...
...CRIMSON reporter, "Endowment insurance has worked well wherever it has been tried. In this case I especially approve of the plan to make the policies directly in favor of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, for the sake of the otherwise harassed class treasurer. This plan has the sanction of President Lowell...
...opinion a mistake to believe that Religion is not a human institution in the same way as are other institutions of man. All good institutions of man need a rightious foundation and divine sanction--these are necessary for a religion as much as they are necessary for the government. Mankind should have the institutions that suites them best--they should see the institutions of other groups of people and derive inspiration from them but not become aggressive like the Bolsheviks and go out to scrap other's institutions to introduce their own instead: Just as the U. S. Constitution...
...Premier had asked the President to dissolve the Parliament, stating that the hostile majority made it impossible to govern. It was understood, however, that he declined to sanction the proposal. So the Cabinet resigned...
Executive Reorganization?"A special joint committee has been appointed to work out a plan for reorganization of the different Departments and Bureaus of the Government. With the exception of the consolidation of the War and Navy Departments and some minor details, the plan has the general sanction of the President and the Cabinet. It is important that reorganization be enacted into law at the present session...