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Shortly Monsieur Londres found, as the League of Nations had discovered before him, that the problem of the male souteneur is, if possible, more basic than that of the white slave herself. If is the souteneur who sniffs about Europe until he finds a poor and not too homely "baggage," wins her by offering food if she is starving, buys her from debased parents if necessary, scrubs her up if she is filthy, and smuggles her out to the Argentine on a passport doctored or forged to show that the "baggage" is not "underweight" (i.e. under the age of consent...
...names were heard above the rest as the Democrats wondered whom to invite as Number Two Man of their party next November. Assuming a solidly Democratic South, leaving Candidate Smith to win for himself in the wet East, and regardless of who is the Republican nominee, there are two basic factors to consider in choosing Candidate Smith's ticket-mate...
...Chinese Nationalist army on their northern trek, have provoked the inevitable conflict with Japan. Because this advance endangered the rich Japanese province of Manchuria, and because the Nationalist government is bitterly anti-foreign, such an outbreak has been long foreseen; and because the rivalry which underlies it is basic, the settling agencies are likely to be quilted coolies with machine guns rather than occidentalized diplomats...
Impartial observers thought that the Conservative Cabinet has hit upon a shrewd program, well calculated to catch votes, and probably destined to further the extremely basic interests of British industry and agriculture. The burden of the "rates" has not seldom been recklessly imposed by local authorities, and should properly become a matter of national concern. Finally the 1,000,000 workpeople who continue unemployed in Great Britain should be able to find many a job in the producing industries which Chancellor Churchill proposes to assist or partially subsidize. Therefore the votes of the unemployed and the votes of most laboring...
These talks, which are intended to give a practical, basic knowledge of legal matters to laymen, are sponsored by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. To make the subject matter readily understandable to the general public, the speakers will avoid legal technicalities and the citation of authorities. There will be ten speeches...