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...that they "must not belong to" the Bund or any "possible substitute organizations of that kind." In New York Bund leaders promptly announced that since their membership for two years past has been restricted to U. S. citizens, the requests of the German Government did not affect them at all. Nonetheless, Ambassador Dieckhoff's statement, for which he got the State Department's hearty thanks, aroused again the familiar question of what the Bund is, what it wants and whether...
...academic side of teaching is the major consideration, the human or personal element must not be overlooked. For, unless a man puts his knowledge across to his students, he is merely a scholar, not a teacher. Again, should the political or social tendencies of teachers be permitted to affect their University position? If Harvard wants to practice liberality, such restriction does not seem just...
...Barcelona a Cabinet spokesman said portentously: "We have no fear of our ability to defend ourselves militarily pending the clearing up of international problems." Presided over by President Azana, the Cabinet had meanwhile taken in the greatest secrecy what was openly called "a most important decision, which may affect world history...
...sometimes difficult or impossible for police in patrol cars to read the license plates of a speeder because of headlight glare, fog, murk or because the lamp supposed to illuminate the license plate is extinguished. But such conditions would not affect infrared radiation. Last week Commissioner Foote's plan was to install in patrol cars infrared cameras which would snap a picture of the license plate of a car ahead under the worst conditions. By means of a mirror arrangement the patrol car's speedometer will be included in the picture, thus giving a record of the speeder...
Back in 1933, in common with many another investor, a group of ultraconservative young men in Boston's Back Bay began to worry about possible inflation and how it would affect bond and stock values. After two years of quiet study, they decided that the only satisfactory hedge against inflation is commodities. Accordingly, in February 1935 they set up what they believe to be the first commodity investment trust in the world, called it Commodity Corp. Last week, after two years of "laboratory testing" in Boston, Commodity Corp. moved to Wall Street with assets of nearly half a million...