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...Cabinet of Five"). In 1925 he was elected its vice president-and in Switzerland the vice president is customarily elected president the following year. Thus Dr. Haberlin was president in 1926, vice president again in 1930, is president today, may become vice president again, president again, and so ad infinitum...
From the same Latin parents (ad and verto) come "advertising" and "adversity.'' Last week 2,300 disciples of the former heard how their noun may do much to drive from the land its unwelcome brother. Depression has brought advertising its problems, as it has to every other industry. Clients, frantically endeavoring to save money, are very apt to curtail advertising expenditures. Smart campaigns which in normal times would bring in great results may strike against locked purses and collapse. So an unusual gravity pervaded the convention in Manhattan last week of the Federation of America. But, after heeding the many...
...advantage of the flexibility clause, interested parties have caused 12 revisions since the bill passed, have had 181 applications turned down. A turndown last week was given to Brooks Bros., old-time Manhattan haberdashery, which had asked reduction in the duty on top and opera hats, now at 75% ad valorem plus $2 against the old rate...
Attack. Differing sharply with Dr. Klein was Peter Fletcher, president of National Council of American Importers & Traders, Inc. Peter Fletcher wanted to see a prompt 25% reduction on ad valorem rates, 50%, on specific rates. He thought and said: "We are now in the midst of the greatest worldwide tariff war in history." Heartily in accord were Charles T. Riotte, lace & embroidery man; Howard S. Cullum, Commissioner of the Port of New York Authority; Philip le Boutillier, president of Best & Co.; Wallace Thompson, editor of Ingenieria International...
Harvard, dear, old, trustworthy Harvard, is planning a course for prison wardens. If this is not "reductio ad absurdum" to the limit, we are at a loss to understand what it is.... Just what degree will be awarded at the conclusion of this work in higher education is not as yet suggested but very likely it will be something imposing like "B. B. R." meaning "Bachelor of Bum Rehabilitation...