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...Mexico joined the union 40 years ago. Puerto Ricans boast that it is the most up to date. After years of emotional turmoil over what governmental status they wanted, Puerto Ricans chose neither statehood nor independence. They decided to become a sort of associated free state or commonwealth. Sumner Welles once described the arrangement as "divorce with alimony...
...more secluded, and as some experts contend, more picturesque atmosphere for an outing is Massachusetts' North Shore. A trip into the city, through the Sumner tunnel, and then out towards the Newburyport Turnpike will take the traveller to Swampscott, Ipswich, Glouscester. Rockport and points North. Besides the sand, there are some fair-to-middling restaurants along the way and a few picnic areas, but wandering Harvard men had better beware because much of the seashore in this area has been commandeered by private families who keep a sharp watch for strangers...
Speaking on the "Economic Aspects of the Steel Controversy" before 150 listeners that jammed Kirkland's Junior Common Room, Sumner H. Slichter, Lamont University Professor, claimed that the tripartite board had "responsibilities which do not mix--stabilization of wages and preventing work stoppages...
...Sumner H. Slichter, Lamont University Professor, and John T. Dunlop, professor of Economics, will speak on "Economic Aspects of the Steel Controversy" at 8 p.m. tonight in the Kirkland Senior Common Room. The debate will be sponsored by the Republican Open Forum. Warren A. Seavey, Bussey Professor of Law, will moderate the discussion. The program will include a question and answer period, and is open to all members of the University...
...Those were the years of the tyrannous President Machado and his infamous gangs of gunmen hired to repress the people by terror and torture. Rebellion was in the air. Students led strikes, and the ABC revolutionary society hurled bombs at Machado's hated police. President Roosevelt sent Sumner Welles to help ease Machado out without an insurrection. Machado went, and Cuba exploded in the celebrated "Sergeant's Revolt." On Sept. 4, 1933, Sergeant Batista, the ringleader, walked into Camp Columbia headquarters, pistol in hand, and told the army chief he was relieved of duty...