Word: generale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...residence. In the evening, the Harvard Observatory is to be open to visitors from 7.30 to 9 o'clock, after which Mr. and Mrs. Harlowe Shapley will hold a New Year's Eve party. Wednesday is to be devoted mainly to the reading of more papers. On Thursday, the General Electric plant in West Lynn is to be visited, specially to see the work on fused quartz mirrors...
...arose. In the financial comment in the Boston Herald of December 13, 1929, it was stated, referring to current selling of stocks to register losses for the reduction of federal income tax payments.--"The psychology of tax evasion is peculiar. Men scrupulously honest in money matters in general apparently feel no compunction about adopting any schemes which are legal which permit them to pay less taxes...
...fight in the Senate for higher tariff rates for Pennsylvania's wares. Thwarted by the Progressive Republican-Democratic coalition, he testily predicted the Tariff Bill's death. He is ever active to lower surtax rates on large incomes, to reduce the corporation tax. In general his fiscal policy is identical with that of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, his great and good friend, whom he has repeatedly defended against attacks by Senators Couzens of Michigan and Walsh of Montana...
...have been invited to create a temporary organization . . . to counter act the effect of the recent panic in the stockmarket. . . . The cure for such storms is action. . . . No movement to reduce wages. . . . The greatest tool of stability is construction and maintenance work. The improvements and betterments and general cleanup of plants. . . . All of these efforts have one end-to assure employment. . . . A great responsibility rests upon the whole people. I have no desire to preach. I may, however, mention one good old word-work...
...establishments in 1928, 551 went out of business and almost exactly, the same number of new ones opened up. . . . If the present average turnover period in charge accounts of some 70 days could be shortened to, say, 40 days, the resultant values in saving in interest charges and by general acceleration of business would run into hundreds of millions of dollars...