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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...explanation of the causes and probable effects of the tremendous expansion in American commerce that has taken place during and since the World War cannot but be of interest to those who would keep in touch with the affairs of the world. Especially is this the case when such an authority as Dr. Klein is the author. As Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce he served under Herbert Hoover when the latter was Secretary of Commerce and his former chief has contributed a forword and many quotations to the book. It can be taken as the official...
...rest of the book cannot prove of interest. The questions of natural monopolies, restrictions of trade, and the new position of America as a creditor nation are all discussed, and a whole section is devoted to review of the economic situation in the leading countries and their probable place in the postwar world of commerce. The author's long experience has enabled him to enliven the text with numerous anecdotes and illustrations that make the book not only informative but interesting reading as well...
Admittedly a library is a place for the collection of the intellectual achievements of all races and all times. Admitted also is the fact that intense war patriotism and the sort of feelings inspired against an enemy, call them hatred or not as you will, are not only local but are remembered for a relatively short period. Anything which helps to maintain such feelings beyond the time that they are needed for the preservation of unity and national health may rightly be considered to jeopardize the cause of permanent peace. And indeed there would seem to be some ground...
...editorial condemned the two noted paintings which have hung in Widener's walls for the past six years, and were placed there as a war memorial, on the grounds that they are "merely war posters," and symbols of a war hatred "for which there is no place in the library except in history books...
...paintings have their place and will stay. The editorial was a very foolish thing for the Crimson to print." --Boston American...