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This minuscule exhortation caused a flutter of official concern and unofficial merriment in Washington. An uninhibited artist, who makes no secret of the complete hospitality he has enjoyed in more than one "igloo," Rockwell Kent has, when he felt like it, signed his letters to the New Masses "Yours for the Revolution." After newspapers had interpreted Artist Kent's message as an encouragement to horrid revolt in Puerto Rico, Rear Admiral C. J. Peoples of the Treasury Department's Procurement Division solemnly demanded an explanation, let it be known that the murals were not finally approved nor paid...
...jurisdiction. It is a question of jurisdiction of two governmental agencies. Intervention of the lower Federal courts in such labor disputes is a direct challenge to the Board's power and vice versa. The Board insisted last week that the Wagner Act "embodies a public policy of national concern and is the supreme law of the land on the subject matter covered by it. It empowers the Board to prevent any unfair labor practice . . . and expressly provides that 'this power shall be exclusive...
...tendency to separate students into groups, has made the Council the unifying factor in the undergraduate life. While the majority of members are elected, the constitution of the Council makes sure that there are enough appointed positions to insure complete representation of all groups. Almost all questions which concern undergraduate life as a whole come to the attention of the Council. In general these questions are educational or athletic, but the Council is also in charge of all class elections, all appointments of committees and routine duties. It issues reports on all question which seem significant from the undergraduate point...
...only be estimated. . . . I do not think basic soundness of our markets has been impaired by restrictions for the protection of customers and lessening of the speculative tinge. It may be-who can tell?-that there will be sharper short-term deviations-fluctuations that concern the speculator rather than the investor-but I think the danger of runaway markets and also of dangerously inflated markets has been greatly decreased. Present markets tend to make investors think very much less in terms of capital appreciation than in terms of earnings, soundness of organization and good management...
...annual report: "I am fearful that, in an effort to cure what might be termed sporadic evils, undue restraints are being placed upon normal, proper action, thus creating abnormal market conditions. Evidence accumulates that the quality of the market has been seriously affected. With muc concern I note the continuance of narrow, illiquid markets in which wide spreads between bid and asked quotations prevail and in which comparatively small volumes of buying or selling create undue fluctuations in prices. Almost daily, situations are called to my attention wherein it is impossible to buy or sell reasonable amounts of stock...