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...secondary sensation followed upon the first. It was found that Mr. Wittner, in taking his oath of office, had not only stricken out the word "swear" and left "affirm" (which is an offered alternative since certain sects regard swearing as blasphemous), but had also stricken out the words "so help me God" which conclude the oath. The oath is prescribed by law and it was suggested that the Treasury Department might undertake to oust him on the grounds that he had not taken a proper oath...
Last week, William H. Anderson* announced the foundation of A. P. P. P. A. (American Prohibition Protestant Patriotic Protective Alliance). What i it? It is an "organization," but it has no members and no charter-not being incorporated. It has no oath. It keeps no books. All its financial transactions are oral. All contributions to it are in the form of "outright personal gifts to William H. Anderson, its founder and general secretary, to be used in any way he sees fit." The object of this strange type of organization is to make the four P's Alliance "persecution...
...cynosure of all eyes, may peek in attired as a goody, while he confers by proxy upon the perturbed candidates their various degrees. The loop-hole of escape may even be adopted in higher circles. The President of the United States in subsequent inaugurations may take his oath of office "in absentia," 'while he attends the function as a girl scout. Surely the harassed Haverford gentleman has opened alternatives to admiring attention, which can only result in the most undignified and grotesque situations...
...bitter argument between Republicans and Monarchists followed. The Republicans expressed faith in President von Hindenburg, but thought that his followers would surely attempt to restore a Kaiser. The Monarchists tried to argue that the President's oath of allegiance to the Republic meant nothing in particular to the Monarchist cause and that the Monarchists would continue to work for a restoration...
...current year were adopted. The Chamber: ¶In the Chamber of Deputies, a unanimous vote of 304 approved Premier Mussolini's bill regulating secret societies. The bill provides that no Government employe may belong to any secret society or any society which compels its members to take an oath; and that all secret societies must supply the police, on request, with a full list of their members. The absence of oppositional votes was due to the absence of the Opposition...