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Large, paunchy Harris Nevin is proud that his is still a family concern, shared only with his onetime bus-driving sons, Edward and William. Son Edward, an engineer, builds the family buses in Brooklyn. Son William gave up a private law practice to become general manager. Though refusing to divulge the size of his company, Harris Nevin says mysteriously: "It is in excess of many millions." None of the many millions has gone into fancy offices; located on Manhattan's West 33rd St., they are dingy, grimy, efficient. Even Harris Nevin's daughter is in buses as manager...
...working days they hoped to do what would keep a regular session humping for six months. As a starter last week the Senate opened leisurely debate on turning the Philippines loose. House Democrats, less visionary than their Senate brethren, formulated no elaborate schedule of legislation. Their primary concern was to pass eleven bulky bills appropriating some four billion dollars on which to run the Government during fiscal 1934. Unless these are all enacted before March 4 a special session of the 73rd Congress is inevitable. Later the House will vote on a beer bill and perhaps knock together a special...
Said the editors of their purpose: "This quarterly . . . will not attempt to form any single school of economic doctrine. . . . Ultimately, we recognize that the way of life is more important than the means, but our interests and present exigencies lead us to concern ourselves with the latter...
...Premier Herriot faced his Chamber of Deputies, placed blame for the debt muddle squarely upon the shoulders of Herbert Hoover. Said he: "The Hoover moratorium is the cause of all the trouble in which America's debtors are now involved. If the U. S. did not wish to concern itself with the problem of reparations, Mr. Hoover should not have become involved in it." But to M. Herriot blame and honor were not to be confused. Dramatically he reminded the Deputies of "Les Soldats Americains," raised his great voice in booming praise of those "who died for France...
...companies. One deal was made last week. The Barnes group acquired control of Kentucky Home Life, a company which has $130,000,000 worth of policies in force and which was organized to reinsure the business of Inter-Southern Insurance Co., a concern which was felled by the crash of Rogers Clark Caldwell. The rumored price was $1,350,000. The most acute angle to the deal was that Kentucky Home owns 29% interest in Missouri State Life of St. Louis, a company with $1,100,000,000 worth of policies outstanding and ranked as the biggest life insurance concern...