Word: trust
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...conservation moved off in a new direction last week. The Federal board headed by Secretary of the Interior Wilbur to deal with this problem advised the American Petroleum Institute, in effect, that what was apparently illegal under the Sherman anti-trust law could be made legal through the little-used state-compact clause of the U. S. Constitution. What smart Secretary Wilbur proposed to the A. P. I. was: Disintegration of its hard-won national agreement to limit oil production to the 1928 figures, into state agreements; legalization of these agreements by each state; consolidation of these state authorizations into...
...recent alterations for the selection of Rhodes Scholars? It is not quite fair to say that "the trustees are aroused to the deficiencies etc." as if they had not heretofore been conscious thereof. The trouble, The trouble, of course, has been the difficulty of altering the terms of a trust under English law. It is very likely that Rhodes himself wished the Trustees to have complete latitude to make such changes but the Will was so worded as to necessitate an act of Parliament. Again, you imply that heretofore the officials have disapproved of men who stayed only two years...
...last year a motion was introduced to limit this. It might also be added that in intramural sports the aliens often occupy a good deal of space. Nevertheless, there is so much talk about the invasion of Oxford by Americans and this is so frequently blamed on the Rhodes Trust, that I hope that you will pardon me for seeking to correct any possible misapprehensions. I may add that while in the abstract. Oxford sometimes discusses the same matter, I never found that the fact of being an American caused the slightest prejudice against an individual. This, naturally, may vary...
...silk makers fear to risk anti-trust proceedings by agreements to restrict production, and cannot agree among themselves on tariff protection, the overproduction problem seems far from a solution. Hosiery manufacturers (who consume about 50% of silk used in the U. S.) have accumulated enough silk to last for some months, and are not greatly in the market at present prices...
Donors of the manuscript were Trustees George Willets Davison (Central Union Trust Co., Manhattan) and Albert W. Johnston. To procure it Trustee Davison had sent his bank's Berlin representatives to Frau Einstein with an offer to buy. Frau and Dr. Einstein, having no other offers, sold (sum unmentioned). They said they would use the money for welfare work among German university students...