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...metal Bible cover for Pope Leo XIII's study. A native of Germany but a longtime resident of Manhattan, Oscar B. Bach is, according to the current Iron Age, "probably the foremost metal craftsman of this country." He has done a great deal of impressive metal decoration for public buildings, rich men's homes, ships, mausoleums, world's fairs. Last week bemonocled, pipe-sucking Mr. Bach discussed with newshawks a metallurgical process which he had developed (after years of research), and which not only delivers stainless steel in a variety of colors but also increases greatly...
Died. William Hallock Park, 75, specialist in the public health aspects of diphtheria, pneumonia, influenza, tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, sometimes called "the American Pasteur"; of a heart attack; in Manhattan...
Last week SEC also did the following for and to U. S. business: > Cracked out its first accusation of political bribery in violation of the Public Utility and Securities Acts. It charged the $255,000,000 Union Electric Co. of Missouri, a subsidiary of North American Co., with making contributions to certain candidates for public office, covering up the act with various "false and misleading" items in its balance sheets. Possible penalty for Union Electric officers if the charge is substantiated at hearings next week: prison terms of five years or fines of $5,000, or both...
...PUBLIC OPINION-William Albig-McGraw-Hill...
When experts write about public opinion, they usually sound like Gertrude Stein. When is public opinion public opinion and when is it private opinion publicly expressed? In Public Opinion, Professor Albig offers a simple definition-opinion, he says, is some expression on a controversial point; public opinion is a result of the interactions of persons in any type of group. A typical, professional volume, piling up to 493 pages, including essays on language, propaganda, newspapers, the Gallup Poll and innumerable quotations to plug holes in the argument, Public Opinion is nevertheless more interesting than most such books...