Word: statement
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Whittlesey, in his reply to my article of October 27, suggested "that its effectiveness depends largely on overlooking phases of those topics which it touches." If so, let me point out some of the phases overlooked even by Mr. Whittlesey. First, we have that recent and remarkable statement by Mr. Hughes to this effect: "My conception of the Presidency differs absolutely from that of Mr. Wilson. I look upon the President as the administrative head of the government. He looks upon the President as primarily the political leader and lawmaker of the nation." And they say Mr. Hughes means what...
...those who have feared that not Mr. Hughes but the old standpat guard will rule the Republican party if put into power, this statement is undeniable confirmation of their fears: Mr. Hughes will not lead. He will sit back and let Congress in its infinite wisdom legislate or not legislate as the spirit moves...
...American bribes a Latin American official and secures title to some enormous concession, will Mr. Hughes regard that as a right forever bound up with the honor of the United States?" What America wants is not the mere reiteration from Mr. Hughes that he will protects "rights"--but the statement of a policy. Does the fact that Mexico is struggling for self-government and freedom from capitalistic and aristocratic oppression, convey anything to him? Does he see in the Monroe Doctrine any responsibility of America to encourage just government and freedom in Latin American nations...
Finally, Mr. Paine's idea that we could not have insisted on our rights at the time the Lusitania was sunk without causing war, because Germany was ready to defy us, is immediately refuted by his following statement that Germany has later respected them. It is unfortunate that this time the Democrats cannot "both eat their cake and have it too." If Germany had been so ready to defy us, she wouldn't have yielded up her profitable submarine campaign. Her final yielding, however, which was due more to respect for the power of the aroused American people than...
...meeting of the board of trustees of Princeton University last week, a statement was submitted of the requirements necessary for the establishment of a school of architecture. The amount required to establish such a school would be about $250,000. Previous to the meeting an interest had been aroused in the proposed plans so that President Hibben was able to announce to the board the offer by a friend of the university of $50,000 toward the necessary amount, provided the remaining $200,000 could be secured before October...