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...word relative to the much heralded results of the United States Chamber of Commerce poll on the Federal Tax Reduction bill. Particularly the statement of Banker Pierson: "The constituency of the Chamber is a cross section of the country." [TIME, Dec. 12] This statement is true but unfortunately the results of any Chamber of Commerce poll are not indicative of the opinions held by its members individually, for this reason: The local Chamber of Commerce has a membership of over thirteen hundred. Without first obtaining an expression from the individual members, six ballots were cast on the question. The reported...
...Dawes. In the non-Administration section of the party, Charles Gates Dawes remained silent too, adding nothing to his awkward insistence that he is not a candidate, that he is for his friend, Mr. Lowden...
...report which furnishes the basis for an at- tack on official estimates. . . . This is hardly worthy of a businessmen's report." Banker Pierson, unabashed, stuck to his guns. He intimated that the Chamber would reply in detail. He said: "The constituency of the Chamber is a cross section of the country. . . . After all, it is Congress which will pass the tax bill-not the Treasury Department, nor the National Chamber...
Although a large section of the Chamber rose cheering, at this remark, the Italian Ambassador at Paris, Count Manzoni, was reported vexed that M. Briand had chosen so lukewarm a phrase as "without displeasure." Next morning obliging Aristide Briand declared that he had actually said "with pleasure," and the official stenographic record of the Chamber was altered accordingly...
...entirely new in form and substance to the majority of members of the University. Certain changes, making for greater efficiency, have been effected--including supervision of class elections, class funds, and a reorganization in council voting machinery. Otherwise the matter of most interest to undergraduates will be found in Section E, "Powers of the Council...