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Franklin first expounded his theory in a small pamphlet printed in Philadolphia and called "Poor Richard's Almanac". In the 1756 issue, Franklin wrote. "When you incline to have new clothes, look first well over the old ones, and see if you cannot shift with them for another year, either by scouring, mending, or even patching if necessary. Remember, a patch on your coat and money in your pocket is better and more creditable than a write on your back and no money to take it off." This was greeted with stony disapproval by the struggling cloak-and-suit industry...
Littlewoods tries to protect its "investors." Anyone who wins more than $5,600 has his check delivered in person by a Littlewoods agent, gets free advice on how to hold on to his winnings. "Remember," cautions Littlewoods' pamphlet Safe Investment, "there are many sharks and sharpers...
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, associate professor of History, yesterday termed "idiotic" the criteria being considered for the returning of his pamphlet. "What about Communism" to the shelves of the Denver Public School libraries...
Schlesinger's pamphlet was among a series of some 40 Public Affairs Pamphlets which were removed from the stacks last fall following a "routine examination" of the school libraries...
...Board has not acted on the case since them Herrick S. Roth, spokesman for the Federation, stated Wednesday that "they are trying to get out of the situation gracefully." He added that Schlesinger's pamphlet is a "fair explanation of the totalitarian state under Communism...