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...Miners' Reply. "A step in the right direction," was the miners' comment on the suggestion of a 10% wage increase. But they urged that it not be given a percentage basis because that would give the smallest actual increase in wages to the men who are already making the least money. They asked that men employed by the day be given a definite increase in dollars and cents...
...Comment recently went the rounds of the press that Secretary of the Treasury Mellon is not a politician. The occasion of the comment was a renewed affirmation on the Secretary's part that he will ask the next Congress to reduce the surtaxes on incomes...
...interest in the cause of peace was foremost in his mind, but his brilliant successes in this cause were not enthusiastically received by influential quarters in Japan. This spirit was shown up in editorial comment in Tokyo newspapers...
...world's record for the mile run." The mile record-with the possible exception of the 100-yard record-is looked upon as the most important record in track competition. Yet Nurmi's feat (though it was in no wise questioned) evoked little or no press comment; no American sporting editor proved energetic enough to cable for further details. The Finn's time was given as 4 min. 102/5 sec. He also "broke the world's record for 1,500 meters." (Time...
Eric Gill's War memorial for Leeds University, England, recently unveiled by the Bishop of Ripon, has aroused as much comment for being " off the subject" as Sir William Orpen's painting To the Unknown British Soldier. Gill's work represents Christ with a seven-thonged whip, driving before him a woman with a vanity case, a man with a pawnbroker's emblem, men in top hats and frock coats. The sculptor explained: " We still have money-changers in England...