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...number of Cleveland thugs who waylaid him one night, fortunately without too serious results, because of his unwelcome interest in some of the more putrid corners of that great city. (No criticism of Cleveland-it does not differ from other places of comparable population in respect to the criminal element.) What Mr. Moley and his associates found was incorporated in a famous report that proved to be one of the most complete and accurate reports of metropolitan criminal conditions ever compiled. . . . D. W. KAUFMAN...
...When in the Senate Mr. Gould was an alleged Dry from a Dry State. This legend was shattered when a letter he had written to a home-wine company became public: "As you know I come from a Prohibition state . . . but I am about as loyal to the Prohibition element as some of those southern Democrats are to the Democratic party. ... I know I shall have some fine wine out of this shipment...
...Iowa would they suffer the injustice of being judged in their pens the way Phil Stong relates. State Fair is interesting-and accurate in describing the way a Hampshire boar eats out of his trough-but it is not sharp, exact detail of Iowa hog technique, a very important element in rural Iowa. KENNETH HINSHAW...
...soothe legionaries who were among the B. E. F., President Hoover said: "I wish to state emphatically that the extraordinary proportion of criminal, Communist and non-veteran elements amongst the marchers should not be taken to reflect upon the many thousands of honest, law-abiding men who came to Washington with full right of presentation of their views to Congress. This better element acted at all times to restrain crime and violence, but after the adjournment of Congress a large portion of them returned to their homes and gradually these better elements lost control...
Some confusion is bound to arise from your use of the word "junk," which covers a large number of waste materials, in conjunction with scrap iron. The impression is made that there is a great deal of wealth to be made in the waste industry. The only element of truth that may be taken from such an impression is that the scrap dealer creates national wealth out of waste materials, but not personal wealth. The margin of profit in this industry is small; the knowledge required to preserve even this small margin of profit is a specialized knowledge...