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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Edward Everett Hale, 1839, the famous orator who spoke before Lincoln at Gettysburg, had "The Supposed Degeneracy of Our Age" for his graduation topic. Francis Parkman. 1842, who later wrote "The Oregon Trail" and other well known works, spoke at Commencement on "Romance in America...
...past few months the Treasury has been deliberately manipulating its balances to hold down excess reserves, the total last week being nearly $1,000,000,000 below the record reached last autumn. While excess reserves and their invitation to inflation have currently faded as a fighting banking topic, they have not faded for good & all. As the Government spends its new money, reserves will gradually rise again...
...constant reader of TIME, I have often spoken of the accuracy with which matters are reported in this wonderful weekly. You can imagine my surprise when I saw the issue of March 2, and under the Congress, sub-topic "Green Pastures," read of my having made my maiden speech in the House, Friday Feb 21 during the debate on the Soil Erosion Bill This statement is most inaccurate. My maiden speech was made on the Floor of the House April 15, 1935, while the House was considering the Social Security measure...
...topic of today's addresses will be "The Heritage of Greek Music in the Modern World...
...second category would be production work. In this classification factory work would be the topic of the article. Finance, including Commercial and Investment banking, is also placed in a separate class...