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... going to be somewhat more verbose than I ought to be . The cost of Presidential elections in the United States has mounted for out of proportion to the growth of the electorate . In 1857 , Buchanan's campaign cost less than $ 25,000 ...
... going to be somewhat more verbose than I ought to be . The cost of Presidential elections in the United States has mounted for out of proportion to the growth of the electorate . In 1857 , Buchanan's campaign cost less than $ 25,000 ...
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... going to be placed on the auction block for the highest bidder . Not because it is before this committee , but because I think even- tually we will have to go into it , if you will permit me to say so , I don't want to raise a States ...
... going to be placed on the auction block for the highest bidder . Not because it is before this committee , but because I think even- tually we will have to go into it , if you will permit me to say so , I don't want to raise a States ...
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... going to leave it with you - is a compilation of that type of literature used in the 1940 campaign , and an astounding per- centage of it is anonymous . The difficulty is that the circulators of that type of literature hide behind a ...
... going to leave it with you - is a compilation of that type of literature used in the 1940 campaign , and an astounding per- centage of it is anonymous . The difficulty is that the circulators of that type of literature hide behind a ...
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... going to ask Mr. Seagle whether he thinks that it is possible to take any effective legal measures against the Nazi propagandists and their allies without violating con- stitutional rights and civil liberties . Friends Mr. SEAGLE . I ...
... going to ask Mr. Seagle whether he thinks that it is possible to take any effective legal measures against the Nazi propagandists and their allies without violating con- stitutional rights and civil liberties . Friends Mr. SEAGLE . I ...
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... going down the Weimar Road that leads to Berchtesgaden and the Brown House in Munich , unless we make up our minds that we are going to take action and not worry forever about hypothetical dangers . No question of civil liberties is in ...
... going down the Weimar Road that leads to Berchtesgaden and the Brown House in Munich , unless we make up our minds that we are going to take action and not worry forever about hypothetical dangers . No question of civil liberties is in ...
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Page 2 - 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...
Page 2 - ... by the United States, or any department or agency thereof, uses his official authority for the purpose of interfering with, or affecting, the nomination or the election of any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner from any Territory or Possession, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Page 9 - If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Page 17 - Chaos, Cosmos ! Cosmos, Chaos ! once again the sickening game ; Freedom, free to slay herself, and dying while they shout her name.
Page 9 - ... the Secretary of the Treasury through the Division of Disbursement of the Treasury Department, and prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, shall make payment in accordance with the certification by the Board.
Page 14 - ... (b) Any commissioned officer, noncommissioned officer not below the rank of sergeant, or petty officer, in the armed forces of the United States and any member of the merchant marine of the 'United States designated for this purpose by the Administrator of the War Shipping Administration is authorized to administer and attest such oaths as are required by this Act.
Page 2 - Department, shall be used in the current fiscal year for the payment of salary or travel expenses of any person who has been convicted of violating the Act entitled "An Act to prevent pernicious political activities...
Page 18 - It shall be unlawful for any person employed in the executive branch of the Federal Government, or any agency or department thereof, to use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the result thereof. No officer or employee in the executive branch of the Federal Government, or any agency or department thereof, shall take any active part in political management or in political campaigns.
Page 4 - I do hereby swear (or affirm) that — "(1) I am a citizen of the United States; "(2) The date of my birth was . ; " (3) For years preceding this election my home...