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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Because ... he has risen out of a moldy graveyard of the past to a new destiny in one of England's most important posts . . . the Honorable Winston Churchill of England...
...economic development that resulted from the foundations laid under King Ferdinand's reign have received further impetus under the energetic guidance of King Carol II. In spite of political and economic unsettlement in Europe, for many years past Rumania has enjoyed a balanced budget and a favorable trade balance. Industrial unrest has been reduced to a minimum. Indeed, the working people have little cause for complaint. Under the social legislation enacted more than 15 years ago, collective bargaining and paid vacations are guaranteed to industrial workers. Moreover, the remarkable industrial development of the country has practically eliminated unemployment...
...first question is whether or not there is a need for such a committee. Now it is true that in the recent past several instances have been flashed on the public screen where student activities were suppressed by academic authorities without very convincing reason. But on the other hand this does not prove that a prairie fire of academic reaction is roaring down upon American colleges. Least of all down upon Harvard, where authorities made a silly mistake in the Browder case and otherwise have given every indication of wishing to toe the straight liberal line in affairs academic...
Those who work for world union will have a fight on their hands, a fight against powerful forces. Just what these forces are has become apparent through recent developments in England. In that country, Liberals, Laborites, and left-wing Conservatives have in the past month brought a demand for world federalism into the august halls of Parliament. In pushing the government to make constructive plans for peace, they have made it clear that they feel the first step must be a renunciation of much of England's national sovereignty and empire. On December 5, last Tuesday, Lord Halifax rose...
...Everything he and his party stand for--"reality," empire, and British hegemony--will have to be swept aside if world union is to come. It will be a tremendous job, but if the men who are trying it now are wiser and more far-sighted than those in the past, they will come just that much closer to it. They must certainly be wise enough to profit by what Lord Halifax's speech shows so obviously, that this is an imperialist war. If they learn their lesson well, they may be able to prevent an imperialist peace...