Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...delegation of churchmen, the President promised that he would continue his support of the entry of the U. S. into the World Court; to journalists, he said that he hoped Congress would repeal the publicity provision of the tax law. These two remarks were the basis of most advance predictions of the contents of the message to Congress...
...first real working day of the Conference, Bishop Charles H. Brent, President of the International Opium Commission of 1909 in Shanghai and of the First International Opium Conference at The Hague in 1912, made an eloquent speech in support of a U. S. Plan which the delegation had presented to the Conference. The plan, said he, was in reality suggestions "to which every signatory of The Hague Convention is pledged? the ultimate suppression of the abuse of opium and cocaine and their derivatives, and the restriction of their production and manufacture within the requirements of medicine and science...
Prompt to support the Plan were Mr. Alfred Sze, Chinese Minister to the U. S.; Dr. Henri S. Beland, Canadian delegate; Michael MacWhite of Ireland. But, despite their support, coupled with that of Cuba, Japan and Italy, the Business Committee of the Conference framed a program limiting the business of the Conference and eliminating many of the points raised by the U. S. plan. As Mr. Porter had all along insisted that the Conference should deal with all phases of the narcotic evil, he made a stipulation...
...colleagues, Dr. Ignaz Seipel, Roman Catholic prelate for more than two years Chancellor of Austria, resigned. He said that, while he was convinced that the majority Parties of the National Assembly were in agreement with the League of Nations' reconstruction program, he felt that they did not support his measures for carrying out the program. He also referred to his decreased capacity for work since he was wounded last summer (TIME, June 9), said that, all things taken in consideration, he felt he must resign. He recommended that Dr.. Rudolf Ramek of Salzburg be his successor...
...From now on, I am leader of the largest parliamentary Party, representing a majority of the people, and I consider it my duty in this position to support the Government in every way." He hoped that the U. S. public would remain unshaken in its conviction that Austrian reconstruction would yet be carried...