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Last March one Ben Kerr, postoffice clerk of Gary, Ind. went to an American Legion meeting, introduced a resolution to cash the Soldier Bonus.* In May Clerk Kerr was discharged because of "political activities" forbidden by the civil service law and "contrary to the expressed wish of the President who considers [Bonus] legislation harmful to the country at this time." Last week President Hoover heard about Clerk Kerr's dismissal. He talked the case over at length with his Cabinet. Then he wrote to Postmaster General Brown: "I have never made any such suggestion as to this...
...marriage, namely, 1 ) to legalize birth control, so as to make the "companionate'' relationship in lawful marriage just as legal and moral as the "procreative" relationship, especially since the great majority of all married couples practice the "companionate" relationship in a bootleg manner even though it is forbidden by the rules and laws of church and state. 2) To legalize certain sex education, so necessary for successful marriage, but which is now also quite generally forbidden by law. 3) To abolish the present divorce courts with all of their illegality, hypocrisy and bootlegging that is becoming a scandal...
Legend says that once a youth of the Snake Clan, one Tiyo, forbidden to marry a clanswoman he loved, went away to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado and plunged into the rushing water. He was swept into the underground realm of the immortal Snake people. He fell in love with one of their women, but when he embraced her, she and all the underground Snake people turned into real snakes. This did not dismay valiant Tiyo; so the snakes became people again and Tiyo took his bride back to his tribe on the mesa. But all of their offspring...
...because of Peiping. Despite the growth of Nanking and the commercial supremacy of Shanghai, Peiping still looks like the capital of China. It is one of the tourist centres of the world-more so than ever now that the vast, incredible Forbidden City with its acres of palaces beneath acres of yellow tile roofs has been opened to visitors. Manchuria may go to Japan, Canton and the south may secede, Outer Mongolia may be quietly absorbed by Russia, but so long as the central Nanking government has a semblance of control over Peiping they can claim with justice...
...Forbidden by anti-trust laws to stabilize industries through monopolies or cartels, U. S. businessmen have turned to trade associations. If the industry is composed of numerous small and weak units (building, laundry, newsstands), racketeers often bring about stabilized conditions for a stiff price. In larger unit industries, the leadership comes from within. Though encouraged by the Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission, trade associations are ever eyed suspiciously by the Attorney General's office. The potent Bolt, Nut & Rivet Manufacturers Association was dissolved. Famed suits are pending against the Asphalt Shingle & Roofing Institute, the Sugar Institute...