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This will be the first book published in America concerning the organization of the New World Court. The first part deals with the establishment of the Court, its activities during each year since it began to function, and especially with the difficult subject of "advisory opinions". The second part presents the case for the American participation in maintaining the Court, as urged by the late President Harding, President Coolidge, and Secretary of State Hughes. The appendix contains documents illustrating the history of the movement to establish the Court...
...Senator Curtis were chosen, someone else would have to replace him as Republican whip. The whip's function is to circulate among the members of his party, sound them out in regard to specific measures, discover whether any of them had made embarrassing commitments that would prevent them from lining up with the others on a given bill, ascertain what amendments would make a bill acceptable to individual members of his group and generally try to line up the party vote. It is an important post, and Mr. Curtis has shown himself able in filling...
Joseph Caillaux (TIME, June 2), however, was still serving his sentence and had not been to Paris since 1920 until special permission was given him to attend Anatole France's funeral, a month ago. He is thus restored to full citizenship and can now function actively in politics...
...which have apparently been successful thus far to a very limited extent, only in the case of rats. His new experiments indicate that the spleen can be transplanted in the case of certain lower forms of animal life, and perhaps in rats. Since the exact function of this organ in the human being is not yet definitely known, the experiments of Dr. Koppanyi may yield information on this point...
MUSSOLINI: "The present Parliament can and must function...