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...Brainerd in his letter to the CRIMSON, which was published on March 21st, states that the Harvard Unity Club. The Young People's Religious Union, and The Second Church of Boston are among the groups supporting the anti-war strike on April 12th. This is not so. These organizations sent unofficial delegates to the Anti-War Conference last fall, and later took an unofficial part on the Continuations Committee. No support is being given to the strike of April 12th, because these organizations do not believe in the method which is being used. George R. Farnham '36. President, The Harvard...
...view of the fact that so many organizations are involved, I hope that you will correct the error. R. S. Brainerd, Chairman: The Harvard Peace Society...
Having taken testimony on and deliberated for four months over Ex Parte 103, the petition of all Class 1 railroads for a blanket freight rate increase of 15%, Chairman Ezra Brainerd Jr. of the Interstate Commerce Commission and his ten colleagues last week handed down a dilemma. Even before they were made public the commission's long-awaited findings caused confusion. Someone got a look at the first page of the report, was led to believe the commission had granted, at least in part, what the roads had asked for. A telephone call from Washington sent rail shares bounding...
...Pennsylvania R. R. who threatened to instigate Congressional action to strip the I. C. C. of its large powers unless it hastened to grant what the roads asked. When Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas read the Beck broadside he sat down and wrote I. C. C. Chairman Ezra Brainerd: "I am astonished...
Well aware that Senator Capper's letter was designed to sway the Commission's action no less than Congressman Beck's statement, Chairman Brainerd replied thus to him: "You would be warranted in assuming that despite all attempts to in fluence improperly the Commission's judgment, it will continue to render its decisions based upon 'the record as made, undisturbed by all the winds that blow...