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...disposition to gloss over con troversial questions will bring forth a meaningless [platform] document, a colorless candidate and a weakened party. Expediency will do nothing for democracy. ... It would be better that the convention remain in session all summer and give to the people a vigorous, strong platform and candidates capable of fighting for it than to hurry away from Chicago with a half-baked proposal...
...Con. Into this line of argument the La Guardia-Doughton bloc tore as follows: The tax would be passed on by manufacturers to the poor man. It would become a tax on destitution and poverty. It was a consumption tax and would thus stifle economic recovery. Once incorporated in the Federal tax system, it could never be got out. Precisely because it was easy to collect, it would stimulate governmental extravagance, thwart economy. To match the Hearst Press's whoops for the Sales Tax, the Scripps-Howard chainpapers whooped loud against it in "defense" of housewives and wage-earners...
...Allegro con brio...
Lowell defeated Eliot. 3-1; A. Breek '34(D) defeated S. F. Davcuport in '34 (E). 3-2 F. L. Young '33 defeated S. R. Fetcher '32 (D) 3-2 H. A. Blackman 31, (D) defeated Archibald Con, Jr. '34 (R), 3-2 Owen Appleton '32 (V) defeated R. S. Francis...
...Memphis is the fastest-growing Southern city, with qualities too numerous to men Con. . . . FRANK M. REEVES...