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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Such an assurance clearly must apply not only to the present day but also to a future sufficiently long to give every opportunity to work by peaceful methods for a more permanent peace. I therefore suggest that you construe the word 'future' to apply to a minimum period of assured non-aggression-ten years at the least-a quarter of a century, if we dare look that far ahead...
Regarding your article under Transport in the March 20 issue of TIME in which you give Pan American's new air fares San Francisco to Honolulu and San Francisco to Hong Kong, you say "comparative boat fares $215, $425." The minimum first class fares on the Matson Line from San Francisco to Honolulu on the Lurline, Mariposa, and Monterey (in a twin-bedded, inside, double room with private toilet) is $125. Matsonia fares are the same but minimum accommodations have no private toilet...
...TIME'S $215 figure should have read $125. Matson Line minimum one-way fare to Honolulu: $125; Canadian Pacific (out of Vancouver): $115 on small boats, $125 on Empress of Japan; American President Line...
...Underslung between small, pneumatic-tired wheels, it has handlebars like a motorcycle, a footboard on which the driver puts his feet, an enclosed engine housing over the rear wheel on which he sits. Unlike either bicycle or motorcycle, it can be ridden sitting straight up, with a minimum loss of dignity. The rider straddles no crossbar, has no engine between his knees to oil his slacks...
...college [according to bullish Mr. White] is a good investment. . . . The buyer usually gets a minimum of 6% on his money . . . in some cases . . . $50,000 a year...