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...American citizen and the rights of a government employe in a security agency." To make the teaching profession seem to bear a vital relationship to government security would be a small task for experienced red-baiters. If it is to be effective, opposition to the Barnes bill must straightjacket this sort of political sleight-of-hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Red Barnes | 11/8/1947 | See Source »

...Young Turks. But the slaps at "Uncle Freddie" Delano and Elmer Davis were small acts in a big show. On OPA's request for $177,000,000, the House first cut the appropriation by 26%, then wrote in a series of straightjacket amendments. Most drastic: 1) No one without at least five years' experience in business, except Boss Prentiss Brown, shall be employed in OPA policy-making jobs; 2) no OPA funds may be used to pay any employe having anything to do with administration of subsidies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revolt | 6/28/1943 | See Source »

...Fergus Falls, Minn., one Maurice Larson while being shown through an insane asylum became violent, was put in a straightjacket, kept there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 31, 1931 | 8/31/1931 | See Source »

Mysterious Smith apparently had no difficulty in getting out of a straightjacket inside of a roped coffin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Jun. 20, 1927 | 6/20/1927 | See Source »

...intellectual" writhing in a straightjacket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: View with Alarm: Sep. 6, 1926 | 9/6/1926 | See Source »

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