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...Modern society, acting through its government, owes the definite obligation to prevent the starvation or dire want of any of its fellow men and women who try to maintain themselves but cannot. . . . To these unfortunate citizens aid must be extended by government-not as a matter of charity but as a matter of social duty. . . . Private charity will prove inadequate to meet the added burden of the next few months. The responsibility rests upon the State. It is idle for us to speculate upon actions which may be taken by the Federal Government. ... It is true the Federal Government...
...voluntary wage cut; the unpaid half is only postponed 90 days. But as a helpful gesture it caused glad Miss Roche to exclaim: "Just another example of their splendid cooperation! We are fighting for such tremendous things. We not only can but we must maintain wages...
Since the automobile first became an object of taxation, States have spent much of the money derived from motor taxes to build and maintain State highways. These highways run through rural districts and avoid the cities, or stop at their outskirts, though more than 50% of all motor vehicles are registered in cities and towns of over 10,000 population. Last week the American Automobile Association proposed a new system: that States treat trunk-line thoroughfares in cities as a part of the State highway systems; that these trunk lines through congested areas be built with funds from State motor...
...Moscow, Izvestia devoted three Page One columns to a discussion of the treaty. It indicated that an agreement had been reached between the two nations whereby each would maintain a strict neutrality "in the event the other is attacked without provocation by a third power or group of powers." A similar pact exists between Germany and Russia...
...Unless this campaign has been an act of unbelievable stupidity, it is primarily an attempt to perpetuate the reign of terror that the Kansas City Star is determined to maintain. ... I can prove that the Star has deliberately colored the news, has misrepresented the facts, and has indulged in wilful, slanderous lies. If there is no way to correct this condition peacefully then I propose to use very heroic methods. . . . The acts of the Kansas City Star and/or expressed in the acts of Governor Woodring, are flagrantly lawless, and are a grave threat to the credit and prosperity...