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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...said he had had various of his administrative agencies draw up a statement of the South's economic handicap and shortcomings. He wanted the 23 Southern gentlemen to examine and discuss this, restate it if they liked until it represented "the South's own best thought." Then he would present it to the Congress. To guide the Southern gentlemen's deliberations he detailed Lowell Mellett, director of his National Emergency Council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Problem No. 1 | 7/18/1938 | See Source »

Eating on the air had an NBC tryout last year with three broadcasts originating in the floral centerpiece on Magazine Editor Henry Goddard Leach's dinner table. These were big, celebrity-peppered parties. CBS plans to entertain only four guests each week, to draw them from all economic levels, all shades of political opinion. "We hope with The People's Platform to demonstrate the scientific method of reaching conclusions," explained Educator Bryson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Table Talk | 7/4/1938 | See Source »

This year's Congress, expected to draw a million Czech and foreign visitors, marks the 20th anniversary of the birth of the nation. An allegorical pageant, "Construction and Defense," to be performed by 3,000 members eight times during the Congress, will picture the republic's 20 years, the Sokol contributions to its development...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Optimist | 6/27/1938 | See Source »

...security trading after three years' study by SEC. Passed by Congress just before adjournment was the Maloney bill granting SEC indirect control over 0-T-C trading through dealers' associations. The 9,000-odd active 0-T-C dealers are supposed to band together in geographical groups, draw up rules, elect officers and police themselves (all subject to SEC approval). If SEC decides that this has failed to prevent manipulation, excessive commissions, other unfair practices, it may step in. Though last week's act exempted dealers in Government, State and municipal securities, Washington insiders predicted that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Government's Week: Jun. 27, 1938 | 6/27/1938 | See Source »

...make their money by loaning out these deposits. But the CheckMaster Plan requires a deposit of only $1, which Mr. Efron makes no effort to loan out. Instead, to cover expenses, he charges depositors a straight service fee-5? every time they make a deposit, 5? every time they draw a check. CheckMaster is thus the first U. S. example of 100% money banking-a principle advocated by Yale's Professor Irving Fisher because it eliminates the dangers of bank runs since all deposits are kept liquid and because it restrains credit inflation since loans are not pyramided against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: $1 Down | 6/27/1938 | See Source »

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