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...George Norris' candidacy transcends State and Party lines," cried the President from an Omaha platform. "In our national history we have few elder statesmen who, like him, have preserved the aspirations of youth as they accumulated the wisdom of years. He is one of the major prophets of America. Help this great American to continue a historic career of service...
...dramatic lead toward abolition of trade quotas, reduction of tariffs and relaxation of exchange controls given by Socialist French Premier Leon Blum and Fascist Italian Premier Benito Mussolini (TIME, Oct. 12) stirred statesmen of the League of Nations last week to action under a new slogan: ECONOMIC PACIFICATION...
...masses of the people, they will revolt!" As rapidly as possible the League last week produced and approved a resolution urging all States represented in Geneva to follow the Latin lead toward Economic Disarmament. In addition to a return to Free Trade in the not too distant future, Geneva statesmen spoke hopefully of a return to the Gold Standard at present devalued monetary levels. In this they were encouraged by the annual Mansion House speech to the Lord Mayor of London and the city's leading bankers delivered last week by Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain. "The decision...
...your very story of the despond of politics in the Stale proves the contention of recent years that South Carolina has become "a too numerous democracy," which was the very thing that its founders would not have it, and which it was not in the heyday of its great statesmen and leaders...
...Randolph (Melvyn Douglas); her marriage to Eaton (Franchot Tone); and her single-minded devotion to President Jackson (Lionel Barrymore) form a pattern which balances in entertainment whatever it may lack in educational value. Surrounded by youthful matinee idols who seem a shade too chipper in the roles of mature statesmen, Lionel Barrymore grunts, glares and snuffles to fine effect. Equally sure-fire is Beulah Bondi as Mrs. Rachel Jackson, who, about to expire of the miseries, charges Peggy with seeing that the President remembers...