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...Kamchatka fishing leases (TIME, March 5). Russia had refused to renew the Japanese leases because she felt that with the yen off gold they no longer represented a fair value. From Moscow last week went a new offer. Russia would accept the present Japanese bids provided Japan will reopen the entire matter before next year's auction. This Minister Hirota refused to do, claiming that 282 of the disputed fishing grounds were already definitely leased until 1936. It was not the money, said Koki Hirota, it was the principle of the thing...
...announcement that beginning next Monday the library will reopen in the evening for the remainder of the year will be hailed with relief by all students of the University, both undergraduates and graduates, for it means the end of an unfortunate economy measure which has hampered the progress of scholarship since September, 1932. It has seemed incredible that of all the possible ways of saving money, Harvard should fix upon the closing of the library, the very heart of the University. It has seemed even more incredible that it should persist in the measure long after its error had been...
...fact that the decision to reopen the library was taken immediately after the close of the examination period is a perfect example of the way in which the red tape of Harvard officialdom can hold up reforms when they are most needed. But the student will be inclined to forgive the needless delay, confident that the University will not again allow a policy of indiscriminate economy to interfere with the availability of the library...
Incidentally, the Comptroller of the Currency is doing a remarkable cleanup job on the closed banks. He has been aggressively pushing ahead to reopen as many banks as possible. To date there are only 345 of the unlicensed banks left, aside from those which went into voluntary or involuntary liquidation. These 345 banks have deposits of about...
Hastily Governor Lehman secured legislation creating a quasi-public protective committee to salvage something for the hundreds of thousands of investors who had bought mortgage bonds on the strength of the "guarantee." In August a flock of small solvent companies were permitted to reopen. The rest with 97% of the outstanding guarantees were taken over for "rehabilitation...