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Saklatvala is understood to be a member of the British Parliamentary delegation to the Interparliamentary Union meeting to be held in Washington. He is not appointed by the British Government nor selected by any authority of the British Government. I know of no reason why he should be considered exempt from the immigration law any more than the humblest immigrant who holds subversive or revolutionary views and carries on propaganda contrary to our institutions. It is the policy of this Government to exclude such persons from coming to this country...
...From 30 to 35 student waiters will be employed from the beginning of the year. Applicants for the position of waiters will be selected and employed by R. L. Westcott, Superintendent of Dining Halls, from those candidates recommended by Mr. Daly, to whom application should be made. It is understood that on the success of student waiters in Gore Hall, over a period of six months or so, will depend their continuance in Gore Hall and the extension of the same system to other Freshman Dormitories, and elsewhere in the University...
...student begins to feel at home at Harvard, he also begins to realize, what perhaps had never occurred to him before, that Harvard is not simply an institution of learning. Harvard is a great gathering place of men, and men are not all heads. If education be understood in its true and literal sense, it means complete self-development. Each new student, while making sure that his academic requirements are being met, should early choose some outside activity that is open to him. Success in these activities is usually dependent upon competition. Enter the competition, get acquainted with...
...Stung by the failure of their chief, the extremists rallied to the support of another measure, introduced as follows by Extremist Harry Pollitt: "We must have shop committees. . . We will prevent workers from being fired as soon as they suggest anything for the betterment of labor . . . We want it understood that Bolshevism is our object...
...understood that M. Caillaux will offer equal terms to the U. S. He may well be in training if he expects to induce the U. S. experts to agree to a similar settlement...