Word: signed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Reduction Bill lay in the hands of the President. His political advisers in Congress openly advised and expected him to sign. It was believed that Secretary Mellon had submitted a report on the bill simply showing its effects but making no definite recommendations for signing or vetoing...
...Abandon hope all ye who enter here" will soon be-with the approach of the end of the Congressional session-if it is not already, a fitting motto to inscribe on the Senate calendar. For the less favored legislation the sign was raised long ago. The proposed Child Labor Amendment to the Constitution is in this class. It went to the Senate three weeks ago. Senator Lodge (Republican) proposed considering it; Senator Wadsworth (Republican) objected. It was "postponed." Last week Senator David Ignatius Walsh (Democrat) proposed considering it; Senator King (Democrat) objected. For the benefit of constituents this comedy...
News is fleeting; Art is immortal. It is a sign of art in journalism when a man can turn out an anthology of news stories that is entertaining. Joseph Anthony has selected 77 stories from 43 U. S. newspapers and four news services. They make an entertaining book?a recommendation that news-writing in the U. S. has its artistic side...
...known to favor the bill as a whole; his one great objection is to the early date at which Japanese exclusion is to become effective, a provision which he regards as most impolitic. It was pointed out that there were three principal courses open to him: 1) To sign the bill without comment; 2) To sign it, condemning the Japanese exclusion date, and approving the rest; 3) To veto the bill on account of the exclusion date. Because of the large majorities in Congress for the bill with the July 1 date, the last course would probably result...
...most significant things, a trifle dull. Significant, too, the absence of the "smart" New York so-called literary crowd. They, apparently, are not willing to be bored. Parlor tricks are more important to them than the honest and frankly sentimental message from John Galsworthy. I mark this as a sign of their ephemeral quality. I grant them that they are more amusing ?but, alas!?their epigrams will make few dents in the progress of the ages...