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...close to the instrument, Thomas Alva Edison delivered himself of one of the briefest addresses in history; an address known by heart by all kinds and conditions of men, the wide world over; an address which Mr. Edison helped to compose half a century ago out of a rough draft from the brain of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell. With blue eye a-twinkle, said Mr. Edison: "Hello...
Outside afterwards he was cornered by reporters and asked what he had learned. But the Texan, lean of face was lean of words on the topic. He talked a little though. He recalled the day several summers before when he had drawn the first draft of the Leauge of Nations Covenant at Magnolia under the direction of his good friend Woodrow Wilson. He said that eventually the U.S would have to become an "associate member" of the Leauge and adhere to the World court. He hoped that the League question would never more be dragged through the arena...
International Relief. A "preparatory committee "presented a draft ot a statute for an International Relief Union of which governments and national Red Cross organizations would be members. It woulc coordinate international relief activities so that prompt and efficient relief might be given in case of a national disaster in any country. It would also study means ot preventing floods, famines...
Last week a special committee which is to draft the revised measure opened meetings in Washington. To see how the tentative increases in postal rates had worked out, it summoned Postmaster General New to testify...
DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS?A bitter, bitter draft of a New England brew, concocted by that most artistic distiller of sour drinks, Eugene O'Neill...