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...have taught us many things. Among these is the incontrovertible fact that unemployment, with all its attendant distress, is a problem which is the direct concern of government. The machine age has permanently changed our obligations. There can now be no doubt that those who find themselves, through no fault of their own, displaced in recurring periods of depression must be provided for by Government, with funds raised from the taxpayers. If no better method can be thought of, we are constrained to resort to the dole. But should not every effort be made to avoid this demoralizing form...
...quit getting mad about it. . . . I am amazed at the number of people who are trying to horn in on making a little money. . . . The number who have been implicated in graft is very small although it looms large in the public's mind. It may be my own fault. . . . I may have made a mistake in kicking a lot of this stuff outdoors. But I don't like it when people . . . finagle around the back door...
Coach Fesler sends Comfort into the game tonight to improve the Crimson's team work which has always been the chief fault with the team's offense. Comfort was on the first team during the first part of the season until Fesler found that the Harvard five lacked height in its games with the tall League opponents, so Bob Morse, who measures six foot, three inches, was moved up to the first team...
...German Government's great regret, its relations with the present Austrian Government are not satisfactory. The fault is not ours. The assertion that Germany plans to violate Austria is absurd and incapable of proof...
Tenor Paul Althouse, a Pennsylvanian like Thomas, looked better in a bearskin than Tenor Lauritz Melchior who usually sings Siegmund. And he sang the taxing music every bit as well. Twelve years ago critics used to find fault with Althouse's bleating but now, at 44, his voice is perfectly controlled, rich with color. Thoroughly exciting was the scene where he pulls Wotan's sword out of the ash tree. He jumped up on the table, grasped the hilt firmly, steadied himself and gave a mighty jerk that was felt throughout the audience...