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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...should know," wrote careful Mr. Dewey to some enthusiastic friends lately, "that I am devoting all my time to my duties as district attorney ... and am not a candidate for any other office. . . . Any attempt to inject my name into politics prejudices my work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Almost an Angel | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

...unemployed must be put to work. The products of their labor will increase the national income. It is a defiance of all natural laws to attempt to bring prosperity, however, by measures like the A. A. A. which seek to raise prices by reducing output...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Governor LaFollette Aims at Increasing All Productivity | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

...There have been no general meetings at which money was raised because of University regulations, and no attempt was made to reach persons not connected with the University," since it was preferred "to have this purely a Harvard ambulance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Insurgent Spain May Receive Ambulance in New Alms Plan | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

...field of Engineering Sciences at Harvard does not attempt to compete with the ordinary four year technical school in giving the student a highly specialized vocational training. Rather it offers the student preparation in mathematics and the basic sciences of engineering, while giving him ample time to elect courses in other fields. The field had 107 concentrators last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fields of Concentration | 6/3/1938 | See Source »

...weeks ago a cable was sent Harvardmen Joseph Siegel, Milton Wiener, Clifford Washburn, and Homer Chase who are fighting in the war-torn area. Received yesterday from the volunteers: "Wish you great success in attempt to emulate last year's humanitarian venture...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARDMEN IN SPAIN CABLE SUPPORT OF AMBULANCE DRIVE | 5/31/1938 | See Source »

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