Searchlight on Congress, Volumes 10-11Lynn Haines Searchlight Publishing Company, 1924 |
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... results ? 32. Do you believe in a continuation of the bi- cameral system ? If you approve of it , what are your ... result , the Old Guard will answer . Of course . There is a hopeless con- gestion of business , anyway . The remedy ...
... results ? 32. Do you believe in a continuation of the bi- cameral system ? If you approve of it , what are your ... result , the Old Guard will answer . Of course . There is a hopeless con- gestion of business , anyway . The remedy ...
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... results of labor . Today the American people are paying interest on a total indebtedness , public and private ... result is a combined overhead burden , quite apart from the necessary cost of ordinary living ex- penses , of not ...
... results of labor . Today the American people are paying interest on a total indebtedness , public and private ... result is a combined overhead burden , quite apart from the necessary cost of ordinary living ex- penses , of not ...
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... Result of Police Strike 1921-23 - Vice President of United States . By Death of Harding 1923 - President of the United 1924 - Republican nominee for v The Boston Police Strike Tragedy Had there been no Boston. TH HE untimely death of ...
... Result of Police Strike 1921-23 - Vice President of United States . By Death of Harding 1923 - President of the United 1924 - Republican nominee for v The Boston Police Strike Tragedy Had there been no Boston. TH HE untimely death of ...
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... result of a perfunctory election in 1906 , Coolidge was sent to Boston as a member of the State Legislature . Says his biographer : " He had bided his time for coming to the House from Northampton , when he could come without opposition ...
... result of a perfunctory election in 1906 , Coolidge was sent to Boston as a member of the State Legislature . Says his biographer : " He had bided his time for coming to the House from Northampton , when he could come without opposition ...
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... result , all after the enacting clause was struck from the measure . This same legislator said : " At that time I had so little respect for Coolidge's ability that I considered that he did not know what he was doing , but later in the ...
... result , all after the enacting clause was struck from the measure . This same legislator said : " At that time I had so little respect for Coolidge's ability that I considered that he did not know what he was doing , but later in the ...
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Page 12 - That unfair methods of competition in commerce are hereby declared unlawful. The commission is hereby empowered and directed to prevent persons, partnerships, or corporations, except banks, and common carriers subject to the acts to regulate commerce, from using unfair methods of competition in commerce.
Page 10 - Whenever a final decree has been entered against any defendant corporation in any suit brought by the United States to prevent and restrain any violation of the antitrust Acts, to make...
Page 2 - That the United States shall be permitted to participate, through representatives designated for the purpose and upon an equality with the other states...
Page 14 - expenditure" includes a payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift, of money, or anything of value, and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make an expenditure; (f) The term "person...
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Page 15 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
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Page 10 - That the commission shall also have power — (a) To gather and compile information concerning and to investigate from time to time the organization, business, conduct, practices, and management of any corporation engaged in commerce, excepting banks and common carriers subject to the Act to regulate commerce, and its relation to other corporations and to individuals, associations, and partnerships.
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