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Snapped crippled Philip Snowden, onetime Laborite Chancellor of the Exchequer: ''This plan to abolish all taxes on hundreds of thousands of acres of land ... is perfectly outrageous. ... A monstrosity! . . . The landlords are to be put still further on the dole. . . . Scandalous ! . . ." And Cripple Snowden thumped the floor with his two rubber-tipped canes...
Just what legitimate function is left the student adviser is not easy to say. There are, undoubtedly, however, many problems on which the Freshman would rather consult a student than a faculty adviser. For this reason alone it would be unwise in abolish entirely the present advisory system. But the system does need considerable simplification. If all the machinery of visits, reports, letters, and blanks which has proved barren of practical results were abolished, and the entire efforts of the committee devoted to providing readily available advice for Freshmen who really want it the efficacy of the system would...
Since the League road is thus proving so infinitely long, why not take the Soviet short cut? Solemnly Comrade Litvinov concluded: "The Soviet Government declares it is ready to abolish all military forces in accordance with its draft convention as soon as a similar decision is passed and simultaneously carried out by other States. The Soviet Government asks the other Governments represented here if they also are ready...
...Last week the House hemmed and hawed as usual over this attack on "lame duck" sessions and modified Senator Norris's resolution beyond recognition. Then, as usual, it voted down the whole proposal. "Lame duckery" will continue. Representative La Guardia of New York promptly filed a bill to abolish "lame duckery" without amending the Constitution...
Everyone detests it, yet everyone swallows gallons of it while hating every mouthful. We must abolish this Northern-Oriental beverage and return to coffee and chocolate...