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...strong prospect for the next Democratic Presidential nomination (TIME, Nov. 24), but even stronger looms Virginia's famed ex-Governor Harry Flood Byrd. No cigar chewer, no derby hat donner, nor "thumbs-in-the-vest politician," he is known everywhere for his progressive administration of the "Old Dominion," his loyalty t3 party, his cleanliness in politics, his farsightedness and greatly for his LEADERSHIP in bringing Virginia to the front. Throughout the South Harry Flood Byrd is considered No. 1 prospective nominee - his excellent record commands attention. Recent group meetings in Virginia, Carolinas, and ' other nearby states have ofttimes...
Only Item of Progress: Mr. U Ba Pe, representing Burma, announced himself in perfect harmony with the Simon Commission's recommendation that Burma be divorced from the rest of India, constituted a separate crown colony or dominion (TIME, June 30). There,being no objection, the Conference officially approved the separation of Burma "in principle." Said Mr. U Ba Pe with emphasis: "We Burmese want to get away from India as soon as possible...
...huge part of the $48,000,000,000 British 5% War bonds now outstanding, paying off the holders with the proceeds of a loan floated on current "cheap money" at a lower rate of interest; and 2) the imminent need in Australia for at least $200,000,000 of Dominion Government paper conversion...
...period of England's "dominion over palm and pine" [Poet Rudyard Kipling] is now forever over. . . . I have seen . . . in British India . . . how the masses are being affected. . . . No half-hearted measures will meet the situation...
...word Lord Peel opposed granting Dominion Status to India either now or at any specified future time, drew exclamations of fury by his cool sneer and pun that parliamentary institutions in India "are not growth but graft...