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...classes or lectures apparently brings nothing but knowing smiles and genial mirth. What little pique the law has stirred up is principally due to its naive conception of the Bill of Rights and the illogical requirement for teachers-one of the most capable elements of our population-to swear allegiance while wags and politicians unhindered spread their senseless palaver over the air or in the press. As far as the ultimate purpose of the legislation is concerned, the Teachers' Oath Bill is doubtless a dead letter. Educators raise their right hands and then continue teaching just as they always...
...occasion was enacted by Franklin Roosevelt and Chief Justice Hughes. This act was a dramatization of the Constitutional issue which troubled the campaign of 1936 and still burns. Standing up and removing his skull cap from his damp hair, the Chief Justice boomed: "Do you, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, solemnly swear that you will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of your ability"-with every word his voice grew more emphatic-"preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, SO HELP YOU GOD?" With his palm on the old Dutch...
...yours, will save the Constitution!" "I, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, do solemnly swear...
...shoulders and biceps half again as big as Jack Dempsey's. His face is handsome, disposition genial. He can consume abnormal quantities of whiskey. He frequently stays up all night and recently did so five nights in a row. He is naturally soft-spoken and dislikes hearing men swear in the presence of ladies...
...about losing my job, and now you do this." Then he started crying. Paintmaker Gravell's goodness was not his first. Employes said last week he had always given generous Christmas presents, had loaned them money to build homes or meet pressing bills. His nine women office workers swear by him because he pays their taxi fares to and from home each day, also to and from lunch...