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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...political alignment before the 1940 election. I conceive it important that we who are opposed to the return of reaction . . . should prepare ourselves to meet the inevitable and not again accept crumbs from the table but participate in the feast that has to do with the permanent establish ment of a liberal party, if necessary, in the United States in 1940." Should such a third party, the lifelong dream of many a U. S. liberal, materialize, it would be a tall feather in the miner's cap of John Lewis. Last fortnight the long brawl between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Partisan League | 8/24/1936 | See Source »

...said: "Monsieur le Premier Ministre de Quebéc, Monsieur le Maire: "Ces aimables paroles que vous venez de m'adresser au nom de votre grande Province et de votre belle ville, et que vous adressez, par moi, au peuple des États Unis, me touchent projondément et je vous prie de croire que je suis très sensible à la chaleur de votre accueil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Ces Aimables Paroles | 8/10/1936 | See Source »

...hoard except that privately stored in mattresses and old socks. The French Government owns not a centime of monetary metal. The Bank of France has the sole privilege of issuing bank notes, banks the Government's money, is always one of the biggest creditors of the French Govern ment and has the power, often used, of shutting off Government credit when it does not like the Government's policies. Unlike Federal Reserve Banks, which are bankers' banks, the Bank of France also does a regular commercial business, with 20 offices in Paris, 159 in the provinces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Francs & Frenchmen | 5/18/1936 | See Source »

...Whereas the Harvard Student Council feels that the spirit behind the enact- ment of the Teachers Oath Bill is prejudicial to the principles of Freedom of speech in education, provisions of the statute to the contrary not-with-standing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Council Urges Repeal of Teachers Oath Bill in Resolution | 3/10/1936 | See Source »

...Here's how." He then digressed to com ment on the quality of Philadelphia's water supply and how he intended to improve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Turmoil in Traction | 2/17/1936 | See Source »

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