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...ought to be neighbors," said a resonant Scotch voice;-the voice of Ramsay Macdonald. While the Lord Mayor of London and many another beamed, Mr. Macdonald added: "and handle our affairs in a neighborly spirit." Having thus spoken, he put down the polished instrument into which he had been speaking. He had inaugurated the first commercial telephone service between London and Berlin. He had spoken well. Subsequent conversations were carried on at a three-minute rate equivalent to $4 during the day and $2.50 at night. Inquisitive persons asked: "To whom did Mr, Macdonald speak?" They were abashed to learn...
...Nephew of encyclopedic-minded Viscount Haldane, lord chancellor of the Ramsay Macdonald (1924) Labor cabinet; author of Daedalus and Callinicus in the widely-read "Today and Tomorrow Series" of prophetic essays (E. P. Dutton & Co.); prophet of the extinction of agriculture (by synthetic foods); savior of child life by his discovery of ammonium chloride as a cure for convulsions...
...roster of Summer School instructors will be enhanced by the presence of two visiting professors from England. John Ramsay Allardyce Nicoll, Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of London, will give a course on the Drama from the Restoration to 1800, and on the development of the theatre. The other visiting professor, William David Ross, Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford University, will give a course on the Philosophy of Aristotle...
...When history is written, Ramsay Macdonald will be credited as the peacemaker of Europe...
...disastrous Gallipoli Campaign of the World War, in the latter of which he was twice wounded. He was Chairman of the Labor Party in 1921, and Commander of the Royal Naval Voluntary Reserve in 1924. Since then he has served as Chancellor for Lancaster in the cabinet of Ramsay MacDonald...