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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Apr 1937, p. 37

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it continues to mount. When the propos.aI wïas. originrally submitted to Congress, public opinion in oppositioni immediately crystallizied. It came as a surprise to the Adminis- trationi. In order to have opportunity to off-set thatsentiment, which made* itself felt in Congre ss, the. Adminis- tration delayed action. Meanwhile the President bas de- livered two radio addresses and high officiais of the Administration have been touring the states. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A.' Wallace bas been speaking to farmers and Post- master General James A. Farley :has found occasion to be in the south. Opposition AhSo Active The opposition bas been equally ac- tive. While it bas not bad ranking ofil¶sI ofthe Admin reion wha would attract public attention for spokesmen, it counts among its mem- bers those who have actively support- ed the President ini the past. It is militant and determined. It is the ef- f ective, determination which one dem- onstrates when he. acts out of deep personal convictions. In this fight for public rt il of what might happen f0 "personal liberties" if the proposai is adopted.. To such statemients the reply is made that the people's representatives in Congress and' the President (Roôse- veit and those who follow him j» of- lice) would neyer consider enacting a law which would deny people their fundamental rights. Fear of Exacroachm.nte Isthis "fear" of encroachments by Corngress on individual rights m:erely imaginary or does it have some justi- fication by the actions of previous Congre-ss.es? Many examples of. such arbitrary encroachments on individu-. ai ights, ùnly'to be invalidated by the. incepenident Supreme Court, cari be taken f rom the pages of our bis- tory. A few. examples will suffice. It is a. fundajpçntal right that the gcqyrn- ment cannot take our property for public use without due and full coin pensation. Yet Congress tried t0 do that very thing and was only pre- vented by the Supreme Court in 1893. It is our Constitutional protection that Congress shallflot pass an "ex post facto' law, which makes a crime out of an act that was flot a crime when, committed. Yet Congress trieO the presiçlency in 1912 the student body nhumbered 52. More than 900 gls are now ini atendance and,the college is becoming increasingly pop- uülar,,i the .Chicago area. The 1Oth anniversary of -the. college was cele- brated at the>comnmencement of 1933. Arrangements* for the breakfast are being made by J. Scott Hémryi, 227 Main street, Evanston, local sec- retary of the college. DADS' AND LADS' NIGHT Dacis' and Lads' Nights is to be observed by the Men's club of North Shore Congregation Israel Thursday evening, April 8, at the' temnpleý in Glencoe with' a dinner and. ehtertaini- ment beginning at 6:30 o'clock. All- star entertainment will include. vaude- singing contest. There will be souvenirs for the lads. VISITS IN MIAMI Edward Kaye of Wilmette, omore in Colgate university, ton, N. Y., spent bis Easterr Miami, FIa. He is a membei Delta Theta fraternity and is ber of the Colate swimmin a soph- Hamil- 'ecess at rof Phi a mem- ig team. WIUNNU.TKA 858 Yucan always -Jet instant information on insurance matters by phoning this olfice. ,We're as near as, your phone and anxious to give you dependable advice on, questions about your insurasice. EUTIKL E INSURANCK AGENCY 6. G. Eberle 522 Cenfer Street Witnnetka 088 Rapp Building adGo p tion of the uonstitutional amnendment method to achieve the ob- jective. It is only an i mp re ss io n gathered f r o m conversations witb Members supporting the President and listening f0 the extended hear- ings before the Sexiate Judiciary Committee. That is purel.y a guess, but 1 believe it will prove to be a good one. the past they xight do in the future. especially during a period of public passion andt excitement. In consider- ing governinental processes we must think in terms of the possibilities anO not probabilities. .Let us assume that in any one of the above examples that the Suprene ' for new HYPOID GEAIRS (most nerv cars have them) I of new cars R. 0.T.C.at of ber of tf 1 1duction. LED TUBES piro-

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