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...After the dictators? Oligarchy in some form. A decent oligarchy-call it aristocracy if you like-is the most ideal form of government. It depends on the quality of a nation whether they evolve a decent oligarchy or not. I am not sure that Russia will, but Germany and Italy have a chance. Without the aristocratic ideal there is no stability. You in England owe it to your 'gentleman' that you possess the world...
...terrifying tactics of the general strike of 1934 can only breed the fear and distrust of the people as a whole and alienate the opinion of those who might logically support labor's claims. The principles for which the unions are crusading, namely fair treatment in hiring employees and decent wages and living conditions for seamen, are as sound as Gibraltar...
...crews, on which safe conduct at sea so much depends. Agreements based on these points could be made without resort to strikes and violence along the coastline, if either side would adopt a spirit of fair play. For clearly the best interests of the shipping trade demand a decent standard of living for sailors, as well as an equitable return to the owners of the ships...
...Cincinnati, the President promised "a decent diet, a decent education and a reasonable amount of leisure'' to 25,000 citizens sitting in the rain. In Cleveland he once again assured honest business of his friendship but accused Wall Street of flooding the land with anti-New Deal literature paid for with stockholders' money. At week's end Nominee Roosevelt coasted into New York for live brief talks in upstate Republican territory, rested overnight at Hyde Park, set off to Washington whence after two days he planned to carry his message of Prosperity to hostile New England...
Meanwhile Mr. Rockefeller was tacitly admitting failure in another and more famed apartment project, the Paul Lawrence Dunbar Apartments for Negroes. Built by Mr. Rockefeller in 1927 as a low-cost, co-operative housing venture to provide decent living quarters for a small fraction of Harlem's black population, the handsomely-gardened buildings occupy a full block, bounded by Seventh and Eighth Avenues, 149th and 150th Streets. They contain 511 apartments, largely units of four and five rooms. Adhering to the Rockefeller tradition of philanthropy with a purpose, Mr. Junior planned not only to house disadvantaged Negroes but also...