Word: free
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sirs: In your issue of Feb. 11, there is a letter from J. B. Scott, Beacon, N. Y., under the caption "Not Free," which states, in part, as follows: "The Y. M. C. A. did not practice giving away anything-unless 'beaucoup francs' were pressed on them by the soldiery." It happened that while I was reading this letter, there was on my desk five typewritten folios, embracing 1,250 pages, covering the report of the Inspector General of the A. E. F., on the investigation of the Y. M. C. A. with the American Expeditionary Forces...
...Cinderellas were the Free City of Danzig and the Sultanate of Morocco. If they were offended, they at least sat humbly among their lentils last week. But official Washington awoke to the fact that the jealous elder sisters were beginning to preen themselves on their accomplishment, in a way that may prove troublesome to Mr. Kellogg...
...moment, the least serious of the two cases is that of Danzig. The Treaty of Versailles established this Free City under the guardianship of the League of Nations. Poland has been trying, not unsuccessfully, to make Danzig Polish in everything but name. Poland objected to Danzig's signing the Kellogg treaty, and in the interests of keeping peace at his great peace party, Mr. Kellogg agreed that Danzig should not be invited. Diplomats who weigh fine points can and will interpret that as a U. S. acknowledgment of Poland's authority over Danzig...
...small that he had to have some one carry his gear to the top of the slide for him, Stanley Zarborski, 9, of Ironwood, Mich., jumped and floated through the air 72 feet, and later 62 feet, to win a free-for-all ski tournament at Racine, Wis., last week...
...Lampoon's tradition is one of free speech, to the point of libel if need be. In 1925 its artist parodied Washington Crossing the Delaware so daringly that an issue of the Lampoon was barred from the U. S. mails. But the anti-Harkness issue seemed to transcend all Lampoon offenses against good taste and sense, and the reason for this seemed to be that the matter in hand was, for once, serious and tangible...