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...well balanced Southerner hopes that lynchings of Negroes will increase rather than decrease'' amply prove, it seems to me, some of the main contentions of Rope and Faggot-the inherent lawlessness of certain parts of the United States and trigger-on." :k propensities to defend positions which are morally, ethically and practically indefensible. Such correspondents of yours as Messrs. Robert E. Lee and Eldon O. Haldane reassure me. The reviews of Rope and Faggot have dwelt almost without exception upon the judicial, impartial tone of the book. . . . Messrs. Lee and Haldane by their denunciation of me will help...
Their mission: To defend or to abandon the 25% ad valorem tariff on imported automobiles, as specified in the tariff measure passed by the House of Representatives and now before the Senate. Their message: That the automotive industry would be well satisfied with a 10% duty. But countervailing duties* should be maintained and the 25% duty should remain on trucks, buses...
Four cars left the barn under police guard. Two, passengerless, crawled around the beltline. A third was driven back by angry strikers. A fourth was burned on Canal Street before a jeering multitude. Some policemen fired into the mob. Other policemen resigned rather than defend the strikebreakers...
...oath to sustain the laws of the land. We already have a standing army ready and able to enforce all laws in every foot of the land and a man at the helm-Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy-who has taken a solemn oath to protect, defend and enforce the federal Constitution and the laws of Congress enacted thereunder...
...leggers among the Osage Indians, headed the procession that marched upon the Harris farm. With him were three "friends," not regular agents but deputized for this raid. They fingered their gun triggers menacingly. Farmer Harris, mistaking them for bandits, lifted his shotgun down from behind the stove, prepared to defend his home. One of the unofficial raiders was snooping under a chicken coop for a still when he caught sight of Harris and Lowery. He pulled the trigger on his revolver. Harris dropped. Lowery started to run. Shots followed him, brought him to the ground. Both men were dead...