Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...remedy the housing problem, the noted economist suggests that the guaranteed interest rate of the Federal Housing Administration be reduced from five to four percent. Lower building material costs and reduced hourly wage rates are vitally necessary. "With building costs as high now as in 1926 and the national income 25 percent lower," lower," he said, "the situation is not favorable for a large expansion in housing construction...
...perfectly clear that the life insurance companies and other saving institutions have more funds at their disposal than they can possibly place," Professor Bansen continued. "The problem is to get enough projects in which they can invest...
...railroad industry, Professor Hansen states, "It is a declining industry owing to the competition of other methods of transportation. The solution of the railroad problem is not to charge higher rates but to thoroughly reorganize the capital structure. This involves the enormously difficult task of liquidation. To keep on bolstering up the top-heavy capital structure is hopeless...
Honorable Mention among the Graduates went to Henry N. Smith 2G., Southern Methodist University, Texas '25, of Dallas, Texas, for an essay entitled "Emerson's Problem of Vocation...
...Better and less harsh treatment is our problem now. The treatment is at times so harsh that it kills 3 1/2% out-right and probably causes the death of as many...