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...DEMOCRACY WORKS" is written for this decisive decade of the Twentieth Century when immediate utility is the prime concern of governments and the simple mechanism of the totalitarian state has lured many nations from the "muddling progress" of democracy. Arthur Garfield Hays reaffirms his faith in our system. It works not because it fits a "philosophical blueprint," but because through selection and adoption it is responsive not to any one but to all pressure groups. Though not of lasting importance and lacking in polish, his book is full of hope and thoroughly convincing at a time when people need conviction...
...TIME'S reference to "International Paper Co., which once own stock in the Gannett Newspapers." He asserts that the Federal Trade Commission reported "the name of the firm is International Paper & Power Co." FTC said nothing of the kind. Its final report names International Paper Co. as the concern which, in return for a longterm newsprint contract, helped me to finance the purchase of three newspapers...
...report the Federal Trade Commission (U. S. Senate Document 92, Parts 10-16, Exhibits), which on pp. 773 to 780 reproduced correspondence between the International Paper Co. and me. In every case my letters to this company were addressed to the International Paper Co. and every communication from this concern was signed by the International [Paper] Co. There was never in this correspondence the use of the word "Power...
...East Room of the White House, the President received delegates to a National Parole Conference, told them that, with 60-70,000 prisoners coming out of jails and reformatories every year, their handling by the different States is of vital concern to the country. Said he: "We know from experience that parole, when it is honestly and expertly managed, provides better protection for society than does any other method of release from prison...
...youngest attorney general in New Jersey history, 36-year-old Thomas Mesbitt McCarter, resigned to merge the State's helter-skelter trolley and transmission lines into one concern. Today his Public Service Corp. of New Jersey is the biggest company operating entirely in the State (total assets: $686,000,000). Founder McCarter's shock of hair has turned from red to white, but his bulky, florid personality is still as dominant as ever...