Word: restrains
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...able to deal effectively with the matter. Under the present plan General Wood would be made High Commissioner of Armenia. He would be instructed by the League as to the general policy to be followed, and would be expected to strengthen Armenia so that she could defend herself, yet restrain her from becoming too aggressive in her turn. If he accepts the position, he will be asked to assume his duties immediately...
...Sheldon will present his views on the different aspects of the labor situation, particularly in regard to the open shop, collective bargaining and compulsory arbitration. He is a strong defender of the first two principles, but believes that the last does more to cultivate the striking habit than to restrain it. He lays this fault principally to the impossibility of enforcing the strike-prevention law. While America is in a stage of industrial upheaval, Australia has already gone through this development, and in Mr. Sheldon's speech its experience should be valuable in the settling of problems here...