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...approaches the need rises for more precise definition of war aims. . . . Certain main points can be laid down as an expression of demands which all good Norwegians have formulated, namely: 1) a free and independent Norway; 2) complete reestablishment of democracy, legal security, free elections; 3) repeal of all laws, decrees, regulations promulgated at German behest or in the German interest; 4) compensation to the fullest possible extent of all those who have been particularly injured by the occupying power or the Nasjonal Samling [Quisling government]; 5) Nasjonal Sanding members and others who cooperated with the Germans to be punished...
...shirt in Wall Street if he has sufficient capital and inside information." Then he became first chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission, under Franklin Roosevelt, first chairman of the Maritime Commission and last peacetime Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. At the time of prohibition repeal, Joe set up Somerset Importers, Ltd., secured the U.S. distribution of Haig & Haig, King William IV, other famed brands. The venture was successful...
...White of Springfield, Ill. (76). By last week Bishop White had also swung into action. "It is an 'ex post facto' law," he cried. "They cannot pass a law compelling me to retire. Neither Bishop Manning, Bishop Perry nor I contemplate retiring." Neither could the ruling be repealed - at least for five years. But a repeal can be started at the next General Convention, which will meet in 1946 in San Francisco...
...League of Nations and World Court from the start. He was a Big Navy man throughout the '30s. Though he hoped the U.S. could keep out when War II began, he caught on quicker than most, was in the forefront, of the fight for Neutrality Act repeal, Lend-Lease, Selective Service...
...labor. A personal and political dry, he was a paid speaker for the Anti-Saloon League, once traveled all the way to Stockholm for an international prohibition conference. All during Prohibition, he stuck to ice-cream sodas. But he stumped for Al Smith, backed the Democrats' repeal plank in 1932, now takes an occasional drink...