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...President Olaya complained to Secretary Stimson who went in person to see the attorney of National City Co. in New York. The hankers were not urged not to be "unduly technical." Mr. Schoepperle insisted that the Colombian budget had not been balanced as agreed and as for the Barco con cession, he did not "give a damn." On June 20, 1931 the Barco concession was restored to Gulf Oil Corp., to the large satisfaction of the State Department. On June 30 Mr. Schoepperle released the final $4,000,000 installment to Colombia, again to the large satisfaction of the State...
...Statesman Stimson, as it appeared circumstantially, played the Barco con cession against the $4,000,000 loan and thus secured a triumph of dollar diplomacy? No, was his indignant answer. The two matters, while parallel, were separate and distinct. The State Department insisted that its sole concern in these negotiations was "the fostering of friendly relations...
...enjoys his leisure. Then comes restlessness. He walks the streets, goes home to pace his floor, bite his nails, throw things at his wife. Gradually this energy wears itself out. He stops shaving, becomes dirty, slovenly, sodden. He looks at the world out of dull, defeated eyes. For this con dition psychologists have a new term : un employment shock...
...Atlanta a few days before because his long ailing stepdaughter, Alice Hilliard, 25, had an attack of pneumonia there. She was using one of the tents which young Levings needed. When she heard the news she insisted her tent be sent over to St. Mary's. A quick con ference followed between her mother, brother (who had flown with Mr. Bing ham), stepfather, and doctors. The girl could do without the apparatus. But there might be a relapse. Could a plane bring in extra equipment in time? Probably. From where? New York City, 2.200 miles away. Instead...
...after considerable talking pro and con on the matter of student responsibility, students on this campus have been given a greater amount of freedom than they have had before. And it seems they are finding it isn't all a bed of roses. "Freedom," as it is preached, is the main thing, but when this freedom is translated into personal responsibility, the student does not want it. The cut rule is a good example. Student opinion for years was in favor of putting the matter in the hands of the individual himself. Now cutting is the student's own responsibility...