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...Three months ago in Washington he told a committee of the House of Representatives that the then-proposed truth-in-Securities bill was not half strict enough...
...executive order creating his office did not empower Administrator Sawyer to spend all the $3,300,000,000 authorized by Congress for public works, at an estimated ratio of a million jobs per billion dollars. His orders were strict. He was given 30 days to distribute $400,000,000 for highway building projects which could be started immediately. President Roosevelt promised to put 1,000,000 men to work by autumn...
...actually happened at Washington during the past few months? Congress has not abdicated; rather has there been extraordinary activity on the part of that body. The forms of constitutional rule have not been discarded; but care has been taken time the new role of government have about it the strict sanction of legality. The emergency we are facing demands immediate action on the part of government if it is to be met successfully. The time-consuming processes of Congress, the divergent counsel of that body, must be replaced by the quick, decisive command of one man--intelligently responsive...
...between seasons at the Lake Shore Country Club at Glencoe, Ill. since 1928. That spring the Tar Heels lost two matches. The next year they lost to Princeton. Since then they have lost to no one. Mild and affable in demeanor, North Carolina's Coach Kenfield is a strict disciplinarian. In 1930 he benched his No. i player for breaking training. Before he turned professional, he played well enough to reach the semi-finals of the national clay court championship in 1920. Now nearing 40, he is spry enough to give any of his proteges a match, beat most...
...lasso to trip up and hobble high church and low church Episcopalians. In 1929 Bishop William Thomas Manning stoutly refused to permit a Christian Unity League service in St. George's Church, Manhattan, because Presbyterian Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin was to have helped officiate. Bishop Manning and other strict Episcopalians hold tightly to Apostolic Succession, refusing to accept sacraments administered by other sectarians. Year ago in St. Louis Cathedral was held another Christian Unity League service. Genial Bishop Frederick Foote Johnson (called "Shorty" because he is towering tall) and his Liberal Bishop Coadjutor William Scarlett were assisted...