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What prohibition and the tariff are to political circles the study of the classics is to the academic world. In spite of the steady decline in the study of Latin and Greek, the verbal sparring about the special value of the classics both for mental training and for unique cultural contributions has not perceptibly abated. The impatient crusaders for "practical" courses face the less vociferous but equally sincere defenders of Homer and Sappho or Virgil and Horace...
...first day of deliberation several interesting facts came to light. President Hoover by his careful evasion of such pertinent questions as the adjustment of the tariff and the settlement of the war debts, questions which are vital in international politics at the present time, put the administration in a position of little honor. By confining himself to the safety of future disarmament the President showed that he either lacks a clear policy in regard to these other matters or that he refuses to bring the United States into any debate where by she mizat be forced to compromise with...
Alternative to these measures would be a tariff for revenue, anathema to Mr. Snowden but tempting to Mr. MacDonald. "I reiterate my opposition to such proposals," cried the Chancellor, white-lipped. "They would mean relieving the well-to-do at the expense of the poor...
...Washington meeting last month (TIME, March 16). And last fortnight he harped again. He sent a 6,000-word message to all National Committee members asking for personal "recommendations and reactions." He said he wanted to clarify ideas for the party's 1932 platform. He called for a tariff of "fair trade," for a farm relief "that will rebound to the benefit of the whole country." He discussed economic competition in terms of tooth paste, shaving cream, automobiles, radios. He demanded a platform "brief?like the Declaration of Independence." But everyone knew, or acted as though, he was really talking...
...when his sale was finished. The sellers of the lottery tickets would get two free for every ten sold at $2.50 each. All the tickets were confiscated under Section 305 of the U. S. Tariff Act of 1930 pertaining to "Immoral Articles or Prohibited Importations...