Word: doubt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dictatorship. No dictator could have asked for broader powers than were granted by this bill. President Roosevelt's original proclamation was based on the wartime Trading-With-the-Enemy Act. Grave doubt existed as to the legality of his orders because U. S. courts have implied that that Act, while not specifically repealed, expired in 1921 with the passage of the Knox peace resolution. Even loyal Senator Glass exclaimed in the Senate debate: "Some of us are disposed to think these proclamations have been invalid and unconstitutional...
...Called in the "gold bonds" issued by the Soviet Torgsin. Reasons: 1) counterfeiting; 2) clandestine speculation in "gold bonds" by Russians who doubt the statement of their leaders that "the Soviet Union is on the gold standard...
...only newshawks were irked. Some bankers too deplored the policy of keeping the public in doubt. So must have felt Winthrop Williams Aldrich, chairman of Chase National. Brother-in-law of John D. Rockefeller Jr., head of the world's largest bank, he called newshawks to his office and gave them his opinions on banking...
...quite probable, the Attorney General is inspired by the second of these two motives, he may seem to be not only within the law but justified in his action. There is the gravest doubt, however, that the law was originally intended to exclude the vacation periods from the calculation. From 1917 until this present action the interpretation of the courts has favored their inclusion. But aside from this aspect, it is more important to note the vital stupidity inherent in the presumption that the caliber of a man's medical training can be even partially classified by measuring the number...
There can be no doubt that the strikers in this case have much to complain about. At best a seasonal industry, the shoe plants have been running at less than half-capacity since 1929. Wages were never much above a bare subsistence level, and since the crash have been cut repeatedly and drastically. Conditions in the factories are extremely foul; high competition between firms and the shifting of capital to the south has not allowed any luxuries. Unions are rarely dealt with and have little force in regulating payrolls. In view of this situation it is particularly tragic that nothing...