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...Through National Commander Howard P. Savage of the American Legion, President Coolidge was urged to urge the Senate to reject the Geneva protocol prohibiting the use of poison gas in warfare. Said Commander Savage, vigorous warrior: "Ask any veteran of the A. E. F. whether war could be humane, with or without gas. . . ." Several days later, after a conference with Senator Borah, the President announced that he would support the Geneva protocol. ¶Germany can manufacture methanol (synthetic wood alcohol) for 48? per gallon; in the U. S. the production costs range from 72? to 75?. So, last week President...
...before the issuing of any invitations the Sun may know that it would be useless to address invitations to certain institutions, the paper might still give its dinner, but its choice of an All-American team might seem some what disproportionate. Anyhow we hope the colleges themselves will reject these overtures as violations of the spirit for which intercollegiate football ought to stand. Boston Herald...
...Senate has full power to reject newly proposed appointees whenever the President shall remove the incumbents. Such a check enables the Senate to prevent the filling of offices with bad or incompetent men or with those against whom there is tenable objection...
...While doing this, they must reject that purely imaginary figure of the saint conjured up by the defenders of modern error...
...amendment was the addition to it of the entire Haugen bill (defeated by the House) with very little change. If the Senate were to pass the bill as Mr. McNary wished, the House might consent to a joint conference to arrange the differences or it might, as seemed probable, reject the Haugen bill just as it was rejected before. If by any chance the House should accept the Haugen bill, it was reasonably certain that the President would veto it. The most the proponents of the bill could really hope for was a greatly modified compromise-a sort of patchwork...