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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...violent partisans of this or that nationality and of this or that national culture. Therein lies what M. Benda terms the Treason of the Intellectuals. That many of these intellectuals have lost their broader out-look in a militant patriotism is undeniable; that this should be regarded as an act of treason is more than doubtful. M. Benda's readers will possibly prefer to regard it merely as an indication of the extraordinary degree to which national consciousness has developed...
...matter of fact, we have never had prohibition. We have the amendment, and we have the Volstead act, but with it we have liquor and I venture the suggestion tonight that there is more liquor in the country today than before the passage of the amendment. Why? Because a great many citizens acquired the habit of storing away a supply for future time in the cellar...
Then the Smith program was repeated: 1) A "scientific" redefinition of the word "intoxicating" in the Amendment; 2) modification of the alcoholic percentage fixed by the Volstead Act; 3) amendment of the Amendment to return the whole liquor question to the States...
...premonition days before hand that three hours at the Shubert might be uncomfortable. They were; they were worse than that. And because the young person with whom we went insisted upon sticking the whole thing through, we had to stay beyond the end of the first act. There are three acts...
Rubber. The British Stevenson Act controlling the production of rubber in the Orient expires Nov. 1. London despatches last week reported British and Dutch rubber plantation owners, who control the world's present output, conferring to form a private group to restrict rubber production, to create an artificial shortage, to shove prices...