Word: whether
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Left untouched was the question at keenest issue now: whether labor unions as such may be prosecuted under the Sherman Act.† The Chief Justice said the question was not presented, despite the milkwagon driver defendants. Thus President William Green of the American Federation of Labor found no clue in the Supreme Court decision to the future of his building-trade unions-now widely indicted in the Justice Department's drive against trade restraints in the construction industry...
Authorities refused to comment on the probable length of time for which he would be laid up but it is doubtful whether he will be able to play in any games before Christmas vacation...
...first question is whether or not there is a need for such a committee. Now it is true that in the recent past several instances have been flashed on the public screen where student activities were suppressed by academic authorities without very convincing reason. But on the other hand this does not prove that a prairie fire of academic reaction is roaring down upon American colleges. Least of all down upon Harvard, where authorities made a silly mistake in the Browder case and otherwise have given every indication of wishing to toe the straight liberal line in affairs academic...
...second question is whether Phi Beta Kappa should god-father the proposition. No one can possibly object that this organization is coming to life, for the intellectual aristocracy sits in a coign of great vantage. But come what may, Phi Beta Kappa should exist as a completely nonpartisan intellectual organization. Whatever the proposed committee may be in theory, by fact and by reputation it will inevitably assume a color and a partisan nature. The issues dealt with will inevitably revolve in political and ethical spheres which should be strange...
...Asked whether she still had any difficulty in speaking English, vivacious Simone exclaimed: "Oh, yes! It is terribly hard for me to speak English all the time. When I am on the stage I have trouble because I often accent the wrong words. I think in French, you see, and try to express the same feelings in English, and sometimes I emphasize the wrong thing. I am so glad when I find someone who can talk to me in French...