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...League of Nations, according to the distinguished lecturer from the University of Hamburg, is held in less respect today by public opinion than five years ago. One of the major reasons for this is its inability to allay the mutual suspicions between the various countries. "However, no one can expect more from the League than to keep peace," continued Dr. Bartholdy. "No one wants to abolish the League. We must make the best of it. In the future we shall have to look for cooperation on a greater scale, especially between France and Germany." The lecturer sees in the dual...
Business Bid. As a piece of smart politics to allay the fears of Big Business, to bid for its favor, seven of Democracy's most potent leaders?James Middleton Cox, John William Davis and Alfred Emanuel Smith, the party's last three presidential nominees, together with Senate Leader Joseph Taylor Robinson, House Leader Garner, National Chairman Raskob and Executive Chairman Shouse?signed a manifesto on the party's future course. They said they regarded their "remark- able victory" as an "opportunity for constructive service." The Republican tariff they flayed as the "apotheosis of bad economy" but added: "Whatever changes...
...people refused to barter and trade. . . . It can hardly be expected that three days of unusual spending brought about by the adoption of this plan will prove to be the solution to all present business difficulties, but it will at least "start the ball rolling" and do much to allay the fear that now grips at the hearts of many salaried people. S. O. LlNDEMAN...
...would be folly to deny that the Wets' have made considerable gain in the past few years. . . . The defeat of Governor Smith did nothing to allay the sentiment against Prohibition. Instead it produced what might be called an emotional hangover. . . . The candidacy of Governor Smith was beneficial to the cause of Prohibition. Before he became a candidate the prohibition and temperance organizations had been disintegrating...
...operetta retained its airy, foolish charm. The girls of the chorus, it must be confessed, were pretty though perhaps not artful dodgers; and if the principals were at times too violent, their merry unconsciousness of this fact, fitting the good-humored mood of the piece, did much to allay the defect...