Word: problemâ
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Coal Problem???"The cost of coal has become unbearably high. . . . Those responsible for the conditions in this industry should undertake its reform and free it from any charge of profiteering. ... I do not favor Government ownership or operation of coal mines. . . . The supply of coal must be constant. In case of its prospective interruption, the President should have authority to appoint a commission empowered to deal with whatever emergency situation might arise...
...Significance. Stella Dallas is an excellently written novel dealing with a genuine problem???the problem of the woman who marries, as the Victorians called it, " above her station," and does her best to fit into her new environment but cannot, while her children can. The central character of Stella is exceedingly well drawn, without obvious propagandizing or a straining for flashy effect. Stella is first of all a human being, not a type, and the same is almost as true of the other principal characters ? even the somewhat pluperfect and superaesthetic Mrs. Morrison...