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Professor Harris and Slichter disagreed last December on whether industry's profits were too high, when they testified before a joint sub-committee of the 80th Congress...
Died. Sol Bloom, 78, longtime chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (except for the Republican 80th Congress), Democratic Representative from New York's 20th (Manhattan) District since 1923; of a heart attack; in Bethesda, Md. Son of Polish immigrants, onetime song-plugger and showman (he was earning $25,000 a year when he was 18, introduced the hootchy-kootchy at the Chicago World's Fair), admirer of George Washington (he organized the 1932 bicentennial), he entered Tammany politics after successfully retiring from the real-estate business at the age of 50. Internationalist and ardent New Dealer, pince...
Later, HLU forums will cover a number of topics ranging from specific bills before Congress to the general implications of Socialism...
...United States Constitution. Is only function has been to "expose" three instructors who refused to sign as a matter of principals. The Smith Act, making it a crime to advocate forcible overthrow of the U.S. government, has not brought a single conviction in this state since its passage by Congress in 1940. Only one man has ever been convicted under the Massachusetts Criminal Anti-Anarchy Act, and that conviction was quashed over 20 years ago. If there are "revolutionaries" among Massachusetts teachers, it is strange that none of them have been brought to trial under these existing laws...
Inexpensive passages for 7500 students and teachers planning to study and travel in Europe this summer will be provided under a resolution introduced in Congress yesterday by a bipartisan group of Senators. The resolution provides for round trip fares at a cost of less than...