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...Excellency, sleek black President Charles D. B. King of Liberia is referred to by President Coolidge as "my great and good friend" (TIME, Feb. 18, 1924). Last week the great and good President had reason to beam with Afric joy. His Congress?composed exclusively of property-owning negroid Africans?has just voted to extend a helping hand to an Akron rubberman...
...Soon the price of rubber mounted to $1.20 a pound (TIME, Aug. 3, 1925), a rise of almost 500% in 13 months. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover protested, but the U.S. public continued apathetic. Big rubbermen took steps. Harvey Firestone told his son Harvey Jr. to take steps to Liberia...
...proud finger that the Administration pointed to a Senate which adopted† a resolution for U. S. entrance into the World Court. Reservations were attached. Nevertheless, all good nations were expected to be pleased at having the U. S. in the World Court under any conditions. Seven months passed. Liberia, Cuba, Greece, Uruguay opened their arms, welcomed the U. S. into the brotherhood. Other nations remained cool, indifferent. Meanwhile, at home, Senators began to find that their constituents were not pleased with the votes they had cast for the World Court. In April, Senator William B. McKinley was defeated...
...Firestone knows whereof he speaks, for his company has experimented on rubber-growing in many a strange hot clime, particularly down in Liberia where the Firestones have a 1,000,000-acre rubber concession, 10,000 acres of which have already been cleared and planted...
...Acceptances of the U. S. Senate's reservations have been received from Liberia, Cuba, Greece...