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...Reparations Commission invited Montague Collet Norman, Governor of the Bank of England, and Sir Josiah Charles Stamp to sit on No. 1 commission; Reginald McKenna, ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer, was invited to sit on the commission which is to concern itself with tracing German capital abroad. The choice of Britain's delegates was made on the advice of Sir John Bradbury, after consultation with British political leaders. Sir John was Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1913 to 1919 and signed the first Treasury notes issued by the British Government soon after the War, which for several years...
...three Athletic Conferences which will meet at Atlanta during the vacation will concern themselves with several topics which should prove exceedingly interesting, if not particularly vital. After last year's National Collegiate Athletic Association Meeting, when the Football Rules Committee made so many changes in the football code, the results of this year's Conference may seem insignificant. But the fertile question of "Faculty Control of Athletics" will make no little argument, and introduced as it will be by President Angell of Yale, its solution will have considerable weight. And another report of general interest will be that...
Meanwhile France became nervous about the Entente and suggested (through the Reparations Commission) the formation of two committees of experts from representatives of the Allied Powers, with a place on each for the U. S. The first committee would concern itself with finding the means to balance the German budget and stabilize the currency. The second would evaluate German wealth held abroad and would report on the means of getting it back to Germany. No mention was made of Germany's capacity to pay reparations, and the question of the legality of the Ruhr occupation was not raised...
...divided Senate and House, with a small group of radicals holding the balance of power, as well as a danger of Drastic changes in the committee chairmanships, have for some time past given concern to business interests. Such important questions as taxation, tariff, railroad laws, farm credits, are 'due for consideration this session, and the domestic legislation which will be forthcoming should exert an unusually important influence on the course of business for coming years. For 1924 is a Presidential year, when political timidity is at its height, and when unsound and even publicly dangerous legislation can on occasion...
...Education is essentially the concern of the nation. Its effect is by no means limited to any given area. It is important to have national leadership in education, but better still to have partial support from national funds. This principle is confirmed by repeated federal enactments, beginning with the act of 1780 establishing the Northwest Territory...