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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Only two strings are tied to National Youth Administration aid. Those who benefit must be in such great need that without it they could not attend college; and they must be in good standing scholastically. Beyond this there is nothing. Methods of administration; the nature and amount of work required in return; the choosing of recipients--all these are solely in the hands of the University. Even to Harvard--traditionally terrified by anything smacking of government interference--such terms must appear generous and straightforward. Ninety-eight per cent of all the nation's schools eligible to receive aid, including Yale...
...Although the President is opposed to economy at the expense of national defense, last week he telephoned to tell Chairman May of the House Military Affairs Committee to cut from $25,000,000 to $10,000,000 the amount to be expended this year on the proposed $100,000,000 purchase of strategic imported raw materials for war (tin, manganese, mercury, etc., etc.). He announced he favored double-locking the Panama Canal instead of digging a second canal across Nicaragua, on grounds of economy ($200,000,000 as against...
Just now that rate of armament is so high that Japan will have to strain hard not to lose ground. In fiscal 1939 Great Britain is spending $302,500,000 on new construction, the U. S. $211,113,000, Japan $16,420,950. Even allowing for the amount Japan saves on cheap labor and building costs, her present program is far from "equal to the strongest." Neither Britain nor the U. S. has planned six years ahead, but all indications are that at the end of that time their relative strength to Japan will be just about what...
...only one President has tried. He is expected to be seen rather than heard. He plays host to foreign notables, receives ambassadors, launches ships, opens hospitals, unveils war monuments, throws parties for poor children, meddles not at all in politics. He gets $47,700 salary a year, an equal amount for expenses, has the Elysée Palace as a Paris home and the ancient royal château of Rambouillet for his summer residence. French wits call him the "prisoner of Marianne." The last job an ambitious, up-&-coming French politician wants is the presidency...
...restaurants selling liquor, the average wage in the Square is $8, with some places paying less than this amount. In Boston, girls not infrequently work for nothing in such establishments and live exclusively on tips...