Word: treasons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Petty Treason" (Cont...
...That the Lindberghs are guilty of "petty treason" . . . may be a little strongly put. It does seem rather a poor commentary on the "land of the free," however, when its most representative citizen scorns the arm of the law and resorts to the help of gangsters and racketeers in getting back his child. On the other hand I wonder if August W. would mind letting us know whether or not he is a father...
Evidently Mr. Wagner of Nebraska is not or never was a father. If so, his heart must be made of stone, for his statement accusing the Lindberghs of "petty treason'' is the most absurd accusation I have ever heard or ever hope to hear...
...clergy as based originally on "trivial grounds." Secondly the Premier was stated to have used his powers of office as "a dominating and aggressive force, with a manner calculated to cause irritation and annoyance." Finally the Royal Commission said that Lord Strickland had committed an act almost smacking of treason to the Realm. Sent by his King-Emperor to guide and govern an excitable Latin race "extremely loyal to Great Britain" (according to the Royal Commission) he instead divided the Maltese "into very embittered cliques" and deliberately aroused "personal animosities...
...playwright has drawn considerably on what actually happened to Vice President Andrew Johnson for his subsequent material. Lincoln is villainously impeached, tried for treason. In a genuinely exciting last act, he defends himself before the bar of the Senate in a trial conducted by Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, whose judicial behavior is a good shade in favor of Lincoln. It takes 19 votes to save the President, and your scalp is in deed a tough one if it fails to tingle when the deciding vote is about to be cast. High praise goes to Playwright Good man, whose piece...