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Unquestionably one of the most important matters before Congress, the unemployment insurance bill characterizes the astounding and revolutionary change in the social philosophy of the country that has taken place within the last few years. Unfortunate is the fact that the bill is being met with too little opposition from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday | 2/13/1935 | See Source »

Just as if millions of distracted mothers did not already know, a young woman at Columbia University set out two years ago to discover What Children Talk About. Dr. Mary Shattuck Fisher selected 72 youngsters between the ages of 2 and 6. For three days, from arrival at nursery school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Egotists | 2/11/1935 | See Source »

No Democratic President has ever had a better Republican Press than Franklin D. Roosevelt during his 23 months in office. By his adroit management he has kept most White House newshawks fluttering happily in the benevolent aura of his smile, if not actually feeding out of his hand. And through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Off the Record | 2/4/1935 | See Source »

With easy, informal Rooseveltian technique, Mr. Davis dropped his naval depth bomb at a luncheon tendered him by U. S. correspondents. The situation was simple enough. In Tokyo, as everyone knew, the Son of Heaven had pored through his owlish tortoise-shell glasses over the draft text of Japan's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Words of Warning | 12/17/1934 | See Source »

B CONTENTED HOUR -- With a complement of smooth singers and the smooth announcing of Jean Paul King, the orchestra under the direction of Morgan L. Kastman provides a "contenting" hour of music. A few old-timers, a bit of the chemical, and a dash of the sophisticated modernism, bring a...

Author: By Prof. METRO Ebb hock, | Title: Report Card | 11/30/1934 | See Source »

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