Word: wayes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...already beginning to exceed demands. The solution he found last week was one that would probably become familiar: turn everything over to labor's good friend, the President. Harry Truman, unable to deliver on his promise to repeal Taft-Hartley, was anxious to be helpful in every way...
Taft's position was a little hard to follow: he wanted the U.S. to announce that it would fight if Russia made an aggressive move in Europe, but was unwilling to sign a treaty which said the same thing in a more carefully hedged way...
...years in prison for a felony, lost his citizenship rights. Five others, including the foreman, had police records for drunkenness or disorderly conduct. The only Negro on the grand jury could neither read nor write. Circuit Judge George Lewis Bailes decided there was only one "reasonable, humane and practical" way out: he fired the ex-convict from the jury, temporarily excused the former Ku Kluxer at his request, declared a six weeks' recess for the others...
...brother who wants to devote the time and effort to it can continue his education through various higher grades. He can go through the Scottish Rite, (Northern or Southern Jurisdiction, depending on the location of his lodge) and up through the degrees. He will be dubbed along the way Grand Master Architect, Prince of the Tabernacle, Grand Inspector Inquisitor Commander, etc. At the 32nd degree he is a Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret:** Or he can work up through the York Rite with fewer degrees but just as much prestige, to the top grade of Knight Templar...
...Female relatives may belong to the Order of the Eastern Star, which goes its own way. There is also the Order of DeMolay for boys; for girls, the Rainbow Girls and Job's Daughters...