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...were first to print my poem, The Long Night Ride of William Dawes, and now I am sending an original Indian poem. I am one-eighth Ottawa and the only Indian poet that I know of at the present time. By the Ottawas I am called "Little Crane." They know me as a descendant of their renowned Chief Pontiac. THE INDIAN DRUM Away by the lake hangs an Indian drum- "Turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn!" It always starts booming when the wind gods hum- "Turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn!" Whenever a wreck on the beach...
...from every official whose authority may be curtailed ... of citizens who are selfishly interested. ... All administrative activities should be placed in groups under singleheaded responsibility ... while quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial functions should be removed from, individual authority and assigned to boards and commissions. ... It is desirable that we first have experience with these groups in action before we create new departments. ... I can see no hope for sound reorganization unless Congress be willing to delegate its authority to the executive who should act upon approval of a joint committee of Congress...
Before he entered Walter Reed Hospital last month to die, Secretary of War James William Good had not quite finished his first, and last annual report for his department. To his bedside before lapsing into final unconsciousness, he summoned his wife, gave her detailed instructions to be carried to his secretary. Forward-looking, optimistic, the report outlined Army plans and policies which another will now execute. Some facts set forth...
...week Postmaster General Brown announced that his department was ready to award ocean mail contracts over 13 approved routes, provided that in return for ten-million-dollar annual contracts, 40 new mail ships, totaling 460,000 tons, be constructed in ten years at a cost of $250,000,000. First objector to this plan was U. S. Lines, Inc., owners of the Leviathan and ten other onetime U. S. Shipping Board vessels, which vould be required to construct eleven new vessels, three of them of the superliner class, at a total cost of $150,000,000 in return...
Perfunctory was the opening last week of the first regular session of the 71st Congress. The Senate sat only seven minutes. Because of bad weather, elder legislators did not bother to attend. First business on the Senate calendar: the Vare case...