Word: amendment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Soon to the concert of M. Paderewski came the Governor General, but found no Pole upon the platform. Nettled, His Excellency marched to his seat, stood frigidly awaiting some apology or amend from Pianist Paderewski who, just then, walked upon the stage...
Alfred Emanuel Smith gets $10,000 a year for being Governor of New York. One George B. Groves gets $12,000 for being his secretary and assistant. Last week a resolution to amend the State Constitution to permit the Governor to be paid $25,000 was introduced in the Legislature...
...mountain named after him, even a small mountain. I can only believe the press. (Grace and I were never confidential although we both have spent our lives in or near Vermont.) But the press reports that there isn't a mountain high enough for such honor. I would amend that to say, didn't fear a war with the vested interests, that there isn't a mountain low enough...
...remedies, Colonel Thompson suggests that the administration of the Philippines be transferred from the War Department to some new bureau or department, that Governor General Wood's military advisers be replaced with civil experts, that the Filipinos be given increasing internal autonomy. Land Laws. The Philippine legislature should amend the land laws, so as to attract U. S. capital to develop, on a large scale, the production of rubber, coffee, sugar, rice, etc. The U. S. Congress should not attempt to interfere with these land laws. Banking. The Federal Reserve system should be extended to the Philippines. Also, Federal...
...return for these allowances, Colonel Thompson will probably urge the U. S. to demand: 1) That the Filipinos postpone their independence dreams indefinitely; 2) That they withdraw their government in Manila from private business enterprises; 3) That they amend their land laws so as to aid in the large scale development of the rubber industry (in such event, the U. S. Congress will not interfere with these laws); 4) That stronger U. S. control be exercised in the Moro districts to prevent Filipino high-handed rule...