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...farms (worked by proletarians) and by sending Communist instructors to coach small farmers in methods for increasing the yield of their arms. Naturally this procedure threatened to undermine the locally monopolistic position of the Kulaks and tended to force down still further the price at which the State could compel producers to sell grain. The arson and murder of last week are very largely explained by the despair of the Kulaks at this new situation. They burnt fields and barns of State-grown grain. They murdered Communist workers who were teaching the peasants and proletarians-turned-farmers to grow bigger...
...doctrinaire principles," but possesses a mind free for new experience and responsive to its directions. During his long tenure of political leadership in Albany, he has achieved great things for liberal causes. Above all, he has proved that his temperament and the bent of his mind compel him to the ways of liberalism. He has done very much to improve labor and social economic conditions, particularly for women; under the fiercest tests, he has shown a deep understanding of political liberty; he has infused his government with human sympathy which transcends even tolerance. His mind is fertilized by the concrete...
...life," the first full length novel which famed Austrian Arthur Schnitzler has written for 20 years. The book moves slowly with the pace of life in language that is bare and beautiful. Author Schnitzler does not blame Theresa for her tragedy, nor does he blame the circumstances which compel it. He merely understands that these things are a part of life, and writes about them seriously and gently...
...scarcity of college graduates the political life of this-country has often been deplored. A situation such as this analysis shows to exist is scarcely one to encourage their interest in such matters. The fact that a man's business or studies compel him to be away from home on Election Day should not be enough to deprive him of the franchise, and the danger, from fraud is no greater when the ballot is sent by mail than when it is deposited in a box at the booths. Much progress has already been made in a steadily increasing number...
...Howell family to purchase control of the Atlanta Constitution for $1,050,000 (in stock) plus an additional sum based on the 1927 earnings of the Constitution. A disagreement arose over the auditing of the earnings. Col. Lea and his associate bankers, Rogers, Caldwell, sued the Howell family to compel a sale for an additional $54,000. Last week both sides agreed to drop the suit...