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...membership on the ambulance committee, and that he was a "conservative" and a "republican in good standing." He went on to say that the ambulance was to be turned over to an American Medical Unit, staffed by American doctors and nurses. Finally he hopes that "all questions concerning the ulterior motives of this 'radical' committee are cleared...
...degree from Princeton. Of course if he should come to Washington, I would be very glad to see him." Not for an instant did Washington wiseacres believe it was as simple as all that. They are firmly convinced not only that Premier van Zeeland has an ulterior motive in coming to the U. S. to get his honorary degree from Princeton, but that President Roosevelt is responsible for bringing him. Vaguely, but with conviction, the wiseacres talk about the Oslo Group...
...hope Mr. Whitney's questions concerning the ulterior motives of this radical committee for medical aid are cleared. John L. Davidson...
Numbers. As obviously as the President's message was an argument for a change in the judiciary on the simple grounds of good government, his major proposal had an ulterior motive. It was patently contrived to let him override the Supreme Court as now constituted by adding or replacing Justices to support the legal contentions of the New Deal. Conservatives Butler, 70, Sutherland and Hughes, 74, McReynolds, 75, Van Devanter, 77, are all of retirement age. Of the Liberals, only Justice Brandeis, 80, would be affected...
...experience to find students open-minded and quite willing to give frank opinions-of anyone in their fields. There is no reason to believe that men selected by their departments should be especially favorable toward their particular faculty, or that the faculty should choose its delegates with any sinister ulterior motive of gaining undeserved good will. Such conceptions hearken back to grade school days of "teacher's pets" and petty favoritism. The number of instructors in a single department is far too large to cull effectively those students who will most agreeably present their cases. And the liberal number...