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...seconded at once by the Miners' Federation conference) that Premier Baldwin repeal the Eight Hours Act in return for which the miners would agree to arbitration of wages. ¶ Smiled at alarmist reports that the ten Bishops would "stump the country" against Premier Baldwin if he refused to adopt their proposal and hamstring his pet anti-strike measure...
...President with the aid of good friend Senator Butler, decided that something-ought-to-be-done. Secretary of Agriculture Jardine and Secretary of Commerce Hoover were summoned. They thought so, too. A Coolidge statement was sent out urging agrarian reform on a "sound basis." Congress was urged to adopt the Fess Bill which would set up a co-operative marketing bureau, financed by a $100,000,000 fund...
Last week the fond fathers of many bills who had hoped or professed to hope until now that this session of Congress would adopt their offspring began to admit to this or that Washington correspondent that nothing was to be expected...
...author has a theory as to the causes of the late war. He believes that the arming of states ipso facto makes them a menace to each other. The policies which they adopt may seem to them defensive, but in the end they prove to be offensive. Since the diplomatic game is played in the dark. It results in much sharp practice and the condoning of methods which would otherwise be frowned upon. Every advantage is taken of the power of the press to create propaganda and to lead the public opinion in a certain...
...What procedure does Attorney General Sargent sometimes adopt when asked a question...