Word: funds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...traveling salesmen. They earn their pay mostly in towns of 15,000 to 500,000. In Podunk, for instance, which has never heard any music better than the high-school band, a salesman calls on the local bigwiggery and the clubwomen, cajoles them into a week's fund-raising campaign to put Podunk on the musical map. When Podunk's committee has the money in the bank, the salesman checks over Columbia's list of appropriately-priced artists. For these, Podunkians pay list prices. But Judson's artists get a good deal less. Community...
...remained steady-which was not surprising since England has lately taken far-reaching steps to bolster her money. First such step came three weeks ago when the British Government transferred at one fell swoop ?350,000,000 in gold from the Bank of England to the British Exchange Equalisation Fund, whose purpose is to control the price of sterling in the world's markets. This left the Bank of England in the weakest position in seven years, with gold holdings of ?223,000,000. At the old parity price of 85s. per ounce, these holdings are valued...
...Through Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead, the President told Congress "it would not be safe" to let his powers to alter the dollar's gold content and to continue the $2,000,000,000 Exchange Stabilization Fund expire June 30. He asked extension of both to Jan. 15, 1941 (five days before the next President will be inaugurated...
Stanley C. Salmen '36, secretary to the Board of Freshman Advisers and former president of the CRIMSON, has been appointed General Secretary of the School and College Group of the Community Fund Campaign and Assistant Chairman of the Harvard Unit, it was announced last night by Jerome D. Greene '96, Secretary to the Corporation, and Chairman of the General and Harvard groups...
Permission to solicit students was granted by the Student Council in view of the pressing need of the Fund and the desire to have Harvard contribute as generously as possible and as a corporate entity. The Council on their part voted $600 for the drive...