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...Another incorrect thing about college boys is that they are afraid of being different; they would not have an opinion different from every one else if they were paid for it. I'm not a bit that way; I have plenty of opinions, but they get me into trouble all the time--most people like to hear you say what you like for a while, but they soon tire of it. But come, I am just reeking with platitudes; that seems to be a failure with me when it comes to interviews. I must be afraid of the press because...
These statements are incorrect and misleading. No agreement has been made by the South African Government that would permit Mr. Schlesinger to operate the cutting plants or has there been any prospecting rights granted Mr. Schlesinger to operate in the Namaqualand fields: all of the mining properties being controlled by the large producers and the South African Government...
TIME correctly stated that Isidore W. Schlesinger will operate diamond cutting plants at Kimberley and assume a contract with the South African Government. TIME was incorrect in stating that Cineman Schlesinger will mine diamonds in Namaqualand. He will get his diamonds from the De Beers syndicate, will engage in no price-cutting...
This was indignantly denied by a Cunard official to reporters of London's Daily Express. "It is incorrect." snapped Cunard's spokesman, "to say that the com-pany do not believe that a ship of the size of the 534 could pay her way. The ships paying the best in the Atlantic service are the large ones. . . . The suspension of work was because of the inability to obtain loans in the City at reasonable rates of interest...
Permit me to correct a partially incorrect statement in TIME, Nov. 16. On p. 12, "The ist Ohio," you refer to Congressman-elect John B. Hollister, as "a Harvardman...