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Last week the five new commissioners marched up on their courtlike bench, raised their right-hands, took the standard oath of office ("I swear to uphold the Constitution...
...Snell and other U. S. Congressmen* in the Gallery of the House when the sacrilege occurred. The distracted Telegraph said: "One hopes they understand that the Mace in no sense represents the authority of the Crown. It is purely a parliamentary symbol representing the determination of the Speaker to uphold the liberties of Parliament and that is why when the House goes into com mittee and the Speaker leaves his chair the Mace is removed from the table and hung beneath it on hooks...
...addition to a check a letter from Board Chairman Walter Percy Chrysler. He told how the company has been expanded and rounded out since the Dodge Bros. Inc. acquisition two years ago, said it is in a better competitive position than ever before. Of the five points given to uphold this claim, most meaningless and general seemed Point No. 5: "A new basis of co-operation between management and employes . . . marks a distinct step forward in common sense industrial relations...
...ducks and huge knickers will still suit the fancy. No shades of epic athletes or even Fauntleroys will haunt the Yard. Perhaps it would be wise to bolster the resolution by a vote of appreciation in behalf of The Rest of Us for the great-mindedness which is to uphold the dignity of human sense and sensibility. Suggestions as to the means of such expression are respectfully requested. Mehitable, in The Radcliffe Daily...
...Continental Hall in Washington. He was fidgeting nervously, smiling sheepishly under a barrage of praise which was going out to scores of notables who sat peering at him from the audience, and to radio listeners all over the world. It was Dr. Welch's 80th birthday party. To uphold the ancient custom of birthday present-giving the committee in charge of the celebration was hard put. No degrees could they give Dr. Welch; he had 18. Medals would not answer; he had plenty of them. On other occasions he had been given the presidencies of most of the prominent...