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...oldtime tunes. Wheels and tires roll into place of their own accord. The motor's fan becomes a propeller as the imp flies the engine down into chassis. It was Mr. Ford's own idea to have the imp sucked out of the automobile body by "No-draft ventilation," to make him throw a nut at a window which does not shatter. With a flourish of trumpets, 4,999 changes into 5,000. As the grimacing imp changes back into an insignia the cinema closes with a happily synchronized major chord...
...Jersey Republicans met to draft a platform dodging all national issues...
...conference situation is desperate. It holds the lives of the young men of the world in its hands and public opinion despairs of its deliberations. Yesterday I offered M. Barthou a place on the committee to redraft the disarmament plan. M. Barthou declined. Today I attempted a draft resolution myself. M. Barthou rejects it. Either M. Barthou must submit a program of work or the general commission will be summoned and will be informed that the bureau has failed. This means that the conference closes down...
...wreck the Indian Reform Bill he had counted heavily on a report of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce on Japanese dumping and the fall of British cotton exports to India. The final report was mild as milk. Tory Churchill roundly insisted that it had been changed from its original draft after the Manchester cotton men had been feted, fed & flattered by Sir Samuel Hoare. a Secretary of State for India, and Lord Derby at the latter's home (TIME. April 30). According to House of Commons rules, tampering with a witness or exerting pressure to change testimony...
...Ions, ago lost the oldtime reformer's faith in good intentions. Says Harold Willis Dodds: "A thick head can do as much harm as a hard heart." He calls the Brain Trust "a sad commentary on our government." He thinks the New Deal, which had to draft its brains from college faculties and private business, has amply proved his thesis of the need for brilliant professional public servants in the U. S. He never tires of pointing at Great Britain's Civil Service tc show what he would do about it. The U. S. Civil Service...