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...Negro on the stage as something more than a banjo-strumming, hosanna-shouting field hand. This one examines the struggles of a group of ex-slaves who are trying to hold on to Civil War land grants on an island off the Georgia coast. Without money or political know-how, and bedeviled at every turn by villainous planters, the Negroes doggedly stick to their freedom-loving principles as the forces of greed move in to destroy them...
...deal to develop Liberia by stimulating trade was a mixture of free-trading idealism and hardheaded business. With an eye on all the backward countries of the world, Stettinius said: "With our technique and know-how, it just isn't necessary for them to live poorly. I would not, personally, be doing this on a purely commercial basis...
...supply the capital and know-how, Stettinius formed Stettinius Associates with such big wheels as General Electric's Chairman Philip D. Reed, ex-Under Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew and Admiral William F. Halsey. They will raise $1,000,000 in capital to form the Liberia Co., jointly owned with the Liberian Government. This company, in turn, will form up to 20 different subsidiaries to develop Liberia's iron ore, cocoa, lumber and other resources...
Like Stettinius Associates, World Commerce Corp. plans to provide capital equipment and technological know-how. It already has representatives in 47 countries and six partially owned subsidiaries in Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, Panama and the Philippines. To overcome the world dollar shortage, it has set up a complex system of bartering currencies and goods. The corporation provided the dollars to buy raw materials from Sweden for a British manufacturer, took payment in British goods. It also started a $3,000,000 cement plant in Jamaica with capital in English sterling, machinery and supplies from Canada...
...University Band holds its council of war, and there, amidst sousaphones and bandstands, it plots the marching formations and intricate parade tactics that are forever eluding every other band-conscious college. The recent paint smears and Stadium grass burning are merely manifestations of the quest for the Band's know-how, and last week the fall appearance of the Band was desperately scouted to divine the how and why of the merging "W" and "M". The secret still remains...