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...After a critical comparison of the Soviet system with Capitalism in other countries," said Lawyer Patterson last week, "I am convinced that when the Negro masses of America come to understand more clearly the ideology of Communism they must accept it as the only genuine relief from their present plight...
...dinner marks the end of the Legal Aid Bureau's most successful year since its beginning. A total of 275 cases were handled in comparison with 252 last year, which was at that time a record number of cases to deal with in one year. This gain is especially noteworthy in view of the fact that last year a drive was made to increase the number of cases, while this year's efforts were directed to the quality of the work and not the quantity...
...cost of making the loan, plus the risk, that fixes the rate. Evidence of this is seen in a comparison of Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. and Household Finance Corp. Beneficial handles mostly small loans (down to $10), charges 3½% a month. Household handles no loan smaller than $100, charges 2½% a month. Household openly advertises: ". . . Any licensee who makes loans of less than $100 and a certain class of loans in larger amounts is, in our opinion, entitled to and is justified in charging the maximum rate of 3½%. a month. We could not afford to make loans of less...
...have developed strong competition among themselves. At Harvard, while the fraternities are not as powerful as elsewhere, they have shown that they bring out more men than teams of the three upper classes." This is shown by the fact that about 150 men report for inter-fraternity basketball, in comparison with an average of 50 reporting for interclass basketball. On the other hand, the athletic competition has also developed the club spirit within the fraternities at Harvard, according to Samborski, and it would probably have the same effect on the Houses...
...that by putting 35,000,000 bu. on the already depressed European wheat market the U. S. would be doing the very thing about which it had complained most bitterly against Soviet Russia. Resentful of this foreign criticism, Farm Board Chairman Legge retorted: "Sheer bunk and Bolshevik! No comparison! Russian wheat was sold at prices far below world prices but wheat from the U. S. will not be sold for less than the prevailing world price." He intimated that the Farm Board would get better than world prices for its wheat because of its high quality...