Word: streit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Doclaring that the only effective solution to present day world anarchy can be found in a union of Atlantic democracies along the lines of the American Constitution, Clarence K. Streit, former New York Times correspondent in Geneva, outlined his plan for preserving peace yesterday afternoon as guest lecturer in Government...
...Union common citizenship, a Union free-trade economy, a common currency, and a common postal system are some of the essentials of the plan as presented by Streit, while at the same time each nation will practice "democracy at home...
Although dubbed a "dresser" by many reviewers, Streit has anything but sleep appearance. Tall, sandy-haired with penetrating blue eyes, he has a missionary's seal and a press agent's mastery of organization. From a cavernous briefcase he distributes reprints of the first chapter of his volume and copies 0 of the "Union Now Bulletin," a monthly publication...
Although he is a personal friend of Streit's and approves the ideas in principles, Professor Hopper and yesterday that he was not in complete agreement, and in "sponsoring" the newspaperman in order to present Harvard with a provocative idea...
After the lecture, Streit will go directly to New York, where he had a lecture engagement this evening. His junket will carry him into many states in the course of the month