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PENNSYLVANIA: Governor Pinchot's prohibition enforcement bill passed the Senate by vote of 30 to 15. This is considered a great victory for the Governor, as his prohibition program was considered more likely than any other of his proposed reforms to meet strong opposition...
PENNSYLVANIA: Governor Pinchot wrote to Governor Smith of New York, asking that the suit before the United States Supreme Court to annul the Federal Water Power Law be withdrawn. New York wants a monopoly on the water power developed within its boundaries (notably at Niagara Falls). Governor Pinchot suggests that Pennsylvania and other states have their quota of the Niagara power...
...Gifford Pinchot, Governor of Pennsylvania: " My nephew, Harcourt Johnson, 26 years of age, is the youngest member of the British House of Commons. He was just elected at a by-election and defeated a member of Bonar Law's ministry for the seat...
Harcourt Johnson, nephew of Gifford Pinchot, and youngest member of the House of Commons...
...Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania suggests three possible applications of State funds to the State educational problem: (1) A new State university; (2) State maintenance and control of Penn, State College, Pittsburgh, Temple University; (3) larger subsidies to private institutions. He feels that Pennsylvania has lagged behind other States in higher educational facilities and he has asked the State Council of Education to determine...