Word: commenting
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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When Farmer Sprague, a free man, got home that night, he read of his victory in big black press headlines while his Wet friends puzzled him with assurances that he was another Dred Scott.* His cocksure comment: "Prohibition's a farce. I always knew the 18th Amendment wasn't constitutional. People should be able to drink what they want." Farmer Sprague & friends began to celebrate what they imagined was the end of Prohibition with heavy draughts of "cider" (applejack). Judge Clark's ruling, however, produced resounding results far beyond Wantage. His was the first Federal Court opinion...
Your recent summary of Dr. Charles Clayton Morrison's leading editorial on Prohibition (in the Christian Century, ''only Dry weekly") I read with interest (TIME, Dec. 1). I also noted marginal comment, a counter sword play, wherein statement was made that TIME is neutral on Prohibition as on all other national issues. You then openly retaliated. While assigning sincerity to the man, you took occasion to say that he also cherished a selfish motive in writing as he did: namely, to swell the coffers of the Christian Century. In that respect he is no more selfish than...
...Comment. "Sinclair Lewis," said Stockholm's Nya Dagtigt Allehanda "is a noisy savage." "Lewis," declared Tidningen, "is sincere." "Lewis is no charlatan," said Poet Eric Axel Karlfeldt, secretary of the Swedish Academy...
...issue but it's going to be raised." Always more docile than the Senate, the House Agricultural Committee voted (12-to-6) in favor of $30,000,000 drought loans for feed & seed after squashing a $60,000,000 proposal of Louisiana's Democratic Representative Aswell. His comment: "The crookedest, cheapest political action I've ever had thrust in my face. ... I thought I was dealing with honorable gentlemen." Meanwhile the G.O.P. moved to set up at Des Moines an "agricultural division" of its National Committee to try to win and hold the farm vote...
...that the birth of a son to Prince Chichibu would be an intolerable affront to the Son of Heaven. Thus far Crown Princess Setsuko (daughter of onetime Japanese Ambassador to the U. S. Tsuneo Matsudaira * has remained childless, an object of Japanese sympathy and esteem. Without venturing a direct comment, the genealogical experts of the Imperial Household Ministry discreetly apprised the press last week that there is no precedent requiring brothers of the Emperor to defer to him in this respect. Public opinion, according to the experts, must not be allowed to crystallize upon an idea oppressive to the Emperor...