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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Deploring the lack of debate on questions of fundamental policy he says, "It is well-nigh farcical when members of an administration can, month after month, use phrases so old, tawdry, so vague, ill-considered, and meaningless, that I doubt whether a village meeting in a Tory stronghold in England would tolerate such political fustian." After dwelling on the necessity of debate, Mr. Neilson discusses problems such as restoring confidence, planning for others, the economic fog, the protection of the foolish, and the fourteenth amendment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 12/21/1934 | See Source »

...disconsolate Republicans are concerned, their task is far more difficult than that of the Democrats, and their responsibility to the country fully as great. Confronted with a well-nigh hopeless minority in Congress, the Republican party has nevertheless a real opportunity for reorganization and renewed strength as the only articulate Opposition likely to be heard in America for some time to come. It is the only bulwark against the evils inherent in a bureaucracy so unprecedented as that now being formed in Washington. It must take a firm stand on the issues that confront the next Congress: inflation, the bonus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY | 11/16/1934 | See Source »

...face. . . ." ". . . While I was busy with posters, flowers and parades ... I entirely forgot the existence of the man I love. . . ." Summing up all this Komsomolskaya Pravda recorded an evident conviction among Communist Youth that the tempo of their life blights marriage and makes proper child rearing well-nigh impossible. To this Godless Yaroslavsky made truculent retort: "It is entirely up to our Young Communists themselves! They must so organize their work and social activities that they will find time for bestowing upon each other that deep and sincere love that makes life worth living. ... By all means get married...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Basis of Marriage | 10/29/1934 | See Source »

...repudiation, the Administration joined Missouri Pacific in fighting Bankers Trust's demand. After long pondering Judge Faris pointed out that: 1) If the gold clause were held binding, 1,693 devalued dollars would have to be paid on each $1,000 bond. 2) "It would bankrupt well nigh every railroad, every municipality . . . and well nigh every State in the union." 3) Congress alone has power to say what shall be used as money. Concluded Judge Faris: "[The Gold Clause] is a promise to pay in gold, not as money, but as a mere commodity. . . . In short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: Gold as Commodity | 7/2/1934 | See Source »

...prospectuses prepared. Each & every offer was to be by word of mouth. For any major corporation the preparation of a registration statement is a staggering task but for a New York City traction company, whose legal and financial involvements confuse even the best trained analysts, the job is well-nigh impossible. The bankers swore the deal was no evasion of the Securities Act, that they intended to consult the Federal Trade Commission. Nevertheless, many a bond dealer last week shied away from retailing an unregistered issue. What assured the success of BMT's oral banking was the fact that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Sale by Subway | 6/4/1934 | See Source »

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