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...Conference broke up over the week-end with nothing to show except an impasse on the loan security question, which is really a blow aimed at France, who vigorously maintained her right under the Treaty of Versailles to take separate action, if necessary, against Germany...
...preparation for this race. The morn- ing paddle has consisted of short spurts with particular emphasis upon starts. A long row features the afternoon spin on the Thames, culminating in a sprint over the mile and one-quarter course, the distance to be rowed on the Schuylkill this week-end...
...President received the Treasury Department's report on the Tax Reduction Bill as passed by Congress; he held a long conference concerning it with Secretary Mellon; then carried it away for study during a week-end trip aboard the Mayflower. On returning he affixed his signature to the bill, condemning it at the same time as tax reduction but not tax reform. ¶Elihu Root called at the White House and was closeted with the Chief Executive. It was guessed that they discussed proposals for the U. S. entry into the World Court. ¶Mrs. Coolidge gave her third...
...crews which will participate in Poughkeepsie's regatta on June 17 will not reach Budson waters for a few days, Washington and Columbia eights will probably commence rowing Wednesday, while Cornell, Syracuse, and Pennsylvania are not expected to decamp from home waters before the week-end. The Columbia and Washington crews can get only 13 days of practice on the Hudson while the other three will get scarcely a week...
...which the P. E. N. should have a very acute interest. The newly launched crusade of the American Booksellers Association against the continued publication in enormous numbers of the "pot-boiler" type of novel will have the enthusiastic support of anyone who was tried to pick out a week-end book while trying to catch the last train out of town. Even though a part of the booksellers' protest may be answered with the statement that the tremendous in crease of public interest in literature is probably responsible for the flood of mediocre work now issuing from the press...