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... expenditure from current taxes and the bulk of the bal- ance from popular loans , and , during the first full fiscal year after fighting stopped , upon meeting current ex- penditures from current re- ceipts notwithstanding the new and ...
... expenditure from current taxes and the bulk of the bal- ance from popular loans , and , during the first full fiscal year after fighting stopped , upon meeting current ex- penditures from current re- ceipts notwithstanding the new and ...
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... expenditure . We demand prompt action by the next Congress for a complete survey of existing TAXATION The burden of taxation im- posed upon the American people is staggering ; but in presenting a true statement of the situation we must ...
... expenditure . We demand prompt action by the next Congress for a complete survey of existing TAXATION The burden of taxation im- posed upon the American people is staggering ; but in presenting a true statement of the situation we must ...
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... expenditures , the Re- publican party cannot show the reduction of one dollar in taxation as a corollary of this false pretence , In contrast , the last Democratic Congress enacted legislation reducing the taxes from eight billions ...
... expenditures , the Re- publican party cannot show the reduction of one dollar in taxation as a corollary of this false pretence , In contrast , the last Democratic Congress enacted legislation reducing the taxes from eight billions ...
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... expenditures for the destructive purpose of war , to private extravagance , to the world shortage of capital , to ... expenditure program of the Executive reflects war- time extravagance rather than rigid peace - time economy . As an ...
... expenditures for the destructive purpose of war , to private extravagance , to the world shortage of capital , to ... expenditure program of the Executive reflects war- time extravagance rather than rigid peace - time economy . As an ...
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... in the estimates for government expenditure of nearly $ 3,000,000,000 , since the signing of the Armistice . We enacted a national ex- ecutive budget law ; we strengthened the Federal Re- serve Act to permit banks to able THE LATFORMS 17.
... in the estimates for government expenditure of nearly $ 3,000,000,000 , since the signing of the Armistice . We enacted a national ex- ecutive budget law ; we strengthened the Federal Re- serve Act to permit banks to able THE LATFORMS 17.
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Page 167 - Should any Member of the League resort to war in disregard of its covenants under Articles 12, 13 or 15, it shall ipso facto be deemed to have committed an act of war against all other Members of the League...
Page 170 - ... make provision to secure and maintain freedom of communications and of transit and equitable treatment for the commerce of all Members of the League.
Page 166 - If the dispute between the parties is claimed by one of them, and is found by the Council, to arise out of a matter which by international law is solely within the domestic jurisdiction of that party, the Council shall so report, and shall make no recommendation as to its settlement.
Page 170 - Pacific islands, which, owing to the sparseness of their population or their small size, or their remoteness from the centers of civilization, or their geographical contiguity to the territory of the Mandatory, and other circumstances, can be best administered under the laws of the Mandatory as integral portions of its territory, subject to the safeguards above mentioned in the interests of the indigenous population.
Page 162 - Powers, together with Representatives of four other Members of the League. These four Members of the League shall be selected by the Assembly from time to time in its discretion.
Page 170 - ... authority, control, or administration to be exercised by the Mandatory shall, if not previously agreed upon by the Members of the League, be explicitly defined in each case by the Council.
Page 169 - League, have undertaken any obligations inconsistent with the terms of this Covenant, it shall be the duty of such Member to take immediate steps to procure its release from such obligations.
Page 166 - If a report by the Council is unanimously agreed" to by the members thereof other than the Representatives of one or more of the parties to the dispute, the- Members of the League agree that they will not go to war with any party to the dispute which complies with the recommendations of the report.
Page 82 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.
Page 172 - Amendments to this Covenant will take effect when ratified by the Members of the League whose representatives compose the Council and by a majority of the Members of the League whose Representatives compose the Assembly. No such amendment shall bind any Member of the League which signifies its dissent therefrom, but in that case it shall cease to be a Member of the League.