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...aristocratic landowner from Pomerania in the backward German east, Bismarck cared little for the doctrines of economic freedom from feudal interference that were popular in free trade England. He made German capitalism an "assisted" capitalism, far more consciously purposeful than the economic systems of the west. Price-fixing and market-sharing cartels were encouraged; protection was granted to both agriculture and industry. The Prussian railroads were bought for the Prussian State, and the Social Democratic trade unions were won over to the paternalistic system partly because of the general pre-War prosperity and partly because Bismarck had introduced sickness, accident...
...Constitution guarantees freedom of the press against statutory attack, there is only one Federal law which guarantees it against attack by individuals. This is Title 18, Section 51 of the U. S. Code, directed against persons who "conspire to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution. . . ." Passed in 1870 as a weapon against the KuKluxKlan, Section 51 has since been used occasionally in cases involving intimidation of witnesses or voters, such as last year's Kansas City vote-fraud cases (TIME, April...
Some 75% of U. S. citizens, through poverty, fear or ignorance, have never felt the pang of a dentist's drill. In large cities, crowded WPA clinics work overtime, but contribute only a drop in the bucket. In spite of numerous free school clinics, over 95% of U. S. school children are seriously in need of dental care. With these facts in mind, 3,400 members of the Dental Society of the State of New York, largest dental group in the country, met with 4,500 other dentists in Manhattan last week for the prime purpose of discussing Senator...
...dentists. A few hours later, Dr. Arthur Hastings Merritt, president-elect of the American Dental Association, came out guardedly for the Wagner Bill, was roundly applauded by his dental audience. Although he wanted administration of dental care kept in the hands of dentists, and although he did not advocate free treatment for the well-to-do, Dr. Merritt came out for support of "some form of health insurance-compulsory, voluntary, or both-by a payroll tax to which the employe, employer and the Government contribute." Taxation, he said, ". . . should not be burdensome if properly applied and efficiently administered...
...heart" through a strenuous program of rowing, running, basketball, football. At the same time the patients were placed on the traditional low-water diet, to dehydrate their brains and allow a greater volume of blood within their skulls. Within two months, all but one of the patients were completely free from attacks...