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North Carolina. Ruddy, wealthy, fire-eating Cameron Morrison, onetime Governor, onetime U.S. Senator, once thought he was set in the Senate for life. Then in 1932 along came Bob Reynolds, who followed him around the State, rolled out a red carpet, imitated Morrison's strut, bellowed: "Why, you know, folks, Cam eats cavi-ah! That's fish eggs, brought all the way from Rooshia." Now Morrison aimed at a comeback as Congressman, had an eye on Reynolds' seat...
...taboo. Reason: The Federal Council felt that, since five of its other commissions are directly connected with the war effort, the conference's concern should be with plans for peace. One war statement -"the Christian Church as such is not at war" -was proposed by Editor Charles Clayton Morrison, of the influential and isolationist-before-Pearl-Harbor Christian Century. This statement was actually inserted in a subcommittee report by a 64-58 vote after a sharp debate. In the plenary session, however, it was ruled out of order...
...week's end the Home Office, the Board of Trade, the Food Ministry and Treasury were sufficiently alarmed to order more policemen to trail the blacketeers, to impose heavier jail sentences and to circularize magistrates with examples of inadequate penalties. In the House of Commons, Home Secretary Herbert Morrison was asked whether the Cabinet would consider a bill authorizing the cat (flogging) for serious offenses. Replied Mr. Morrison: "We hope to find some more effective methods . . . than one which, experience has suggested, might be more effective at provoking controversy than deterring crimes...
Forced by the threat of three of its own Ministers to resign from the Cabinet (Minister of Labor Ernest Bevin, Home Secretary Herbert Morrison, Lord Privy Seal Clement Attlee), Labor cooled off. The wealth conscription amendment was rejected...
...other prominent Episcopalians appointed as advisers to the commission by Presiding Bishop Henry St. George Tucker, who was himself a member of the group. Among the signers were nine bishops, a dozen ministers, such top-flight laymen as longtime (1897-1939) A. F. of L. Secretary Frank Morrison, President, J. Peter Williams Jr. of Koppers Coal, Vice President Harvey S. Firestone Jr. of Firestone Tire & Rubber, Secretary E. C. Davison of the International Association of Machinists, Labor Consultant Spencer Miller Jr., Lawyer Charles P. Taft...