Word: provisionally
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"This system completely and adequately protects the Government's interest. With this picture of the procedure in mind it is difficult to see the exact point at which a public hearing could be properly injected. ... I respectfully urge that the provision for a public hearing on these matters be...
On March 2, 1929 President Coolidge signed the Jones-Stalker Bill which authorized the imposition of a maximum penalty of $10,000 fine or five years imprisonment or both for violations of the National Prohibition Law. The purpose according to Senator Jones, was to combat large scale "bootlegging" operations. By...
Any provision of the Constitution is to be reconciled with the instrument as a whole. The word "adjourn" appears several times in the text. Less than a quorum "may adjourn from day to day." Neither House shall without the consent of the other "adjourn for more than three days." "Every...
In central and eastern Europe the frontiers of nationality are not clearly defined geographically. This is a point that must be kept constantly in mind in discussing the question of racial minorities, one of the most dangerous questions in European politics of the present day and quite as menacing to...
Seldom has there been a national political situation more grotesque. General Hertzog remains Prime Minister by virtue of a slim, coalition majority in the House of Assembly-a majority constantly threatened by the Negro-elected Cape Province M. P.s. In the Senate the Smuts party reigns supreme, holding 25 seats...