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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...strict amenities of British politics were observed, for Mr. Eden coldly said: ''During the last few months Mr. Chamberlain and myself have worked in close contact." But the rest of his speech warmly, even passionately, implied what has been common knowledge in Fleet Street: that the Prime Minister, ever since he succeeded Stanley Baldwin last May, has been pressing Mr. Eden to end his personal vendetta with Signor Mussolini, swallow his repugnance for Herr Hitler, and make a "business" deal with Italy and Germany at the expense of "principle...
...three Communist papers are only a small fraction of the proletarian press which includes over 700 U. S. labor papers. Upwards of 100 of these journals belong to nationwide unions; most of the rest to local labor bodies. They have in common their deficits and share a readership of 4.000.000, for like the Catholic press, which is seen by only 40% of the 21.000,000 U. S. Catholics, the labor press does not reach the 7.000.000 organized workers of the U. S., much less the 32.000.000 unorganized workers. One reason is that most of the labor papers are poor reading...
Back in 1933, in common with many another investor, a group of ultraconservative young men in Boston's Back Bay began to worry about possible inflation and how it would affect bond and stock values. After two years of quiet study, they decided that the only satisfactory hedge against inflation is commodities. Accordingly, in February 1935 they set up what they believe to be the first commodity investment trust in the world, called it Commodity Corp. Last week, after two years of "laboratory testing" in Boston, Commodity Corp. moved to Wall Street with assets of nearly half a million...
...famous Oxford Union and the Yale Political Union as its models, four undergraduate organizations announced last night plans for the Harvard Congress throughout the remainder of the current year. The Congress will provide an opportunity for all undergraduates interested in current political and social problems to meet in a common forum...
...meeting planned for next Thursday at 7:45 o'clock in the Winthrop House Common Room, a committee will present two diverging reports on the proposed revision of the Wagner Labor Relations Act. Debate will proceed on the basis of amendments offered by the committee and on others introduced from the floor...