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...deaconesses. It defeated a proposal to censure the U. S. Supreme Court for denying U. S. citizenship to Professor Douglas Clyde Macintosh of Yale University for his refusal to agree to bear arms in war. Though many deputies argued that the Church should economize this year, it approved a budget of $4,255,000, substantially the same as last year's. ¶ Of Prohibition the convention said "Yes & No." Adopted was the report of the commission on Industrial Allocation, Lawlessness and World Peace, composed of seven bishops, seven priests and seven laymen. It said: ". . . Much of the lawlessness prevalent...
...aware that during the past year our national expenditures have exceeded our income. Today the national Government faces another large deficit in its budget. There is a decrease in the annual yield of income taxes alone from $2,400,000,000 in the years of prosperity to only $1,200,000,000 today. ... In these circumstances I am directing the most drastic economy in every non-vital branch of Government...
Coal. Coal strikes and government subsidies to coal operators during 1925 caused governmental budget deficits...
...Bank of France loaned Britain $243,000,000. That went too. Ramsay MacDonald resigned as Laborite Prime Minister and headed a coalition cabinet. France and New York arranged $400,000,000 more credit and that was exhausted while Chancellor Snowden was making drastic efforts to balance the budget. Last week the British Atlantic Fleet mutinied in protest at their prospective wage cut (see p. 20) and next day London learned that Britain's gold reserves were down to ?59,742,000. Scot MacDonald rushed up to London and summoned the House of Lords (Commons were already sitting...
...Majesty's Government is securing a balanced budget and the internal position of the country is sound. This position must be maintained. It is one thing to go off the gold standard with an unbalanced budget and uncontrolled inflation. It is quite another thing to take this measure not because of international financial difficulties, but because of excessive withdrawals of borrowed capital...