Word: ex
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...another favorable sign of the future Republican administration comes from Marion. The Vice-President is to become more than a nonentity; under the Harding regime he will be an ex-officio member of the Cabinet. For many years the office of Vice-President has been filled by honorable men of little account, in keeping with the little responsibility attached; or by men of too much account for the political bosses--like Theodore Roosevelt, who became objectionably prominent as Governor of New York. The men who were elected Vice-Presidents were considered shelved...
Senator Harding, speaking of his plan to make Governor Coolidge an ex-officio member of his Cabinet, remarks simply: "It would be a fine thing, and I don't see why it hasn't been done long ago." The country will agree with him. It has no desire to see a man like Governor Coolidge wasting his time in Washington; the decision to make use of him is surely in accord with common sense. And "why it hasn't been done long ago" is a question that seems particularly applicable to numerous things today. Senator Harding shows all along that...
...That in part 1 of section 'D,' concerning the committees, the following sentence be added: 'The Executive Committee shall be ex-officio members of the Advisory Board of the University Register, and shall administer the sinking fund of that publication...
...detail the plan calls for camps, lasting four or five weeks in June and July, located if possible at the former training centers in nine army corps areas, which like Camp Devens are at the present moment lying almost deserted. Men under twenty are especially desired but ex-Plattsburgers will insist that anybody be eligible so long as he is enthusiastic. Perhaps 50,000 men will be taught the fundamentals of military training by reserve officers, who are thus offered an opportunity to polish up their knowledge by actual practice...
...turned out Venizelos; on Sunday they will hold a plebiscite to determine who shall be their new leader. The overwhelming defeat of Venizelos makes a return-of anyone of his party inconceivable. On the other hand, the royalist party is hesitating in its plan for the triumphal entry of ex-King Constantine. There was something ominous in the report that Constantine's valets brought the royal trunks to Athens amidst great rejoicing just as the French ambassador was packing his so as to-be prepared for the arrival of the ex-King. No doubt remains as to the position...