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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...method of House room allotments was nothing but a campaign on the part of eleven men to gain admission to Houses for some of their personal acquaintances. But this petition appears to us to be definitely altruistic; certainly none of the committee sponsoring it could believe their complaint would result in any revision of the already completed House assignments. We believe this petition was formed after considerable thought to aid future Freshmen who are willing to work hard in attempting to assure for themselves a room in a House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 5/18/1939 | See Source »

...under the strictest application of the system, a good scholastic or activities record will always take precedence over such considerations as from what schools or from what part of the country the applicant may come. However, in the actual practice of this policy, the Freshmen have a legitimate complaint...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOUSE SELECTIONS | 5/12/1939 | See Source »

Inability to get capital financing was one complaint that jelled last year at the Small Businessmen's Conference (TIME, Feb. 14, 1938, et seq.). Since then three bills have been introduced in Congress to improve credit lines to small business. Last week Acting SEC Chairman Jerome Frank announced that all three bills would be held in abeyance while SEC and the Junior Chamber of Commerce collaborated in a study of the problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GOVERNMENT: Drenching | 4/17/1939 | See Source »

...four nations concerned, only France, the legal if doubtful owner, entered a formal diplomatic complaint. The Japanese, who can keep silence as well as steal like gypsies, said little when France complained about the snatch of Hainan in February. They were mum this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Gypsy Trick | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

Alleging that the advertising of two products sold under the name of oldtime ageless Actress Edna Wallace Hopper is "exaggerated and untrue," the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Affiliated Products, Inc. of Jersey City. Example: an ad which quoted Miss Hopper as saying, "I am past 60,* yet boys scarcely above college age often try to flirt with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 20, 1939 | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

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