Word: establishments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shall guarantee every citizen full political liberty and establish complete liberty of the press. We shall discuss stabilization of the currency and negotiate a foreign loan. We shall revise the present obnoxious anti-foreign mining law passed by [the late] Prime Minister Jon Bratiano in 1924, as well as other laws which have made Rumania a most unpopular country abroad. We shall abolish restrictions on foreign capital, which henceforth shall have the same opportunities as local capital...
...dollars spend by Americans each year on the musical education of children, and say that after they are educated, these young people have little opportunity to display their talents adequately. For, with few exceptions, the American artist has little honor in his own country. It is desired to establish the fact that American artists are as good as any, and that the United States can provide a training equal to that secured anywhere else...
...House plan promise to lead away from the present condition of complete self-determination toward the Oxford idea of gentle guidance. The student will be led, through the very structure of the college, into contacts which the college deems good for him, instead of being allowed complete freedom to establish or repudiate those contacts in accordance with his own desires...
...world's rubber supply, Great Britain in 1922 controlled about 67%. British plantations in the East, principally in Malaya, produced in that year 300,000 tons. Dutch plantations, in Java and the East Indies, produced only 95,000 tons. Prices were low. In an attempt to boost prices, establish a monopoly, Great Britain undertook, by the Stevenson Restriction Act, to regulate exports from Malaya. The idea was to fix the price of crude rubber at between 30 and 40? a pound...
Somewhat over-conscious of the earlier criticism, the present volumes are at pains to re-establish the (indubitably) important part House played, and also to emphasize House's deep admiration for Wilson's genius, even after their close friendship had waned. Above all, the papers are invaluable as historical source material, ranking with Ambassador Page's Letters, and the Wilson papers Ray Stannard Baker is editing. Selected, arranged, and linked by Professor Seymour's lucid comment, the Intimate Papers are intensely interesting, indispensable to any adequate understanding of War burdens, post-War intrigues...