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Said the Speaker of the House, Manuel Roxas: " We have encroached upon the rights of the Governor General because in that guise liberties are won." Said the President of the Senate, Manuel Quezon: " Our object is to reduce the Governor General to a mere figurehead. It is unpatriotic for any Filipino to stand by Governor Wood in his policies...
...object of making denominations uniform is to make detection of counterfeits and raised notes easier. The Treasury is considering discontinuing the $2 denomination because of its unpopularity but for the present will continue the issue of that denomination in the current design of Greenbacks and Silver Certificates...
...Shipping Board, sitting in Washington, is still vainly trying to solve the problem of the Government's merchant fleet-" the disposal of a liability at a profit." Shipowners and operators object vociferously to the plan of Government operation (TIME, June 18) announced by Albert D. Lasker before his retirement as Chairman of the Shipping Board. The Board in turn is willing to accept none of the owners' and operators' counter proposals. A fragment of the solution was achieved, however, by two sales to private owners...
...Military Department and who is equally enthusiastic for the enterprise, hopes to carry on the drive for a hall which will put the polo team on an equal footing with those of Yale, Princeton, and Cornell. Certainly the permanent establishment of polo at the University is a commendable object but a polo team working under the present disadvantages is wares than none. It is not easy to forget the overwhelming defeat administered the University by a small college in the first round of the intercollegiate tournament last year...
...Corfu. To the inhabitants of Corfu. By order of His Majesty, the King of Italy, I have taken charge of the civil and military rule of this land with the fullest powers. His Excellency, the Chief Commander of the Italian Navy and Army, already has notified you of the object of this peaceful occupation. The customary routine of public and private life here will continue to proceed peacefully under the aegis of Italy, direct heiress of the great Latin civilizations, with only such limitations as may hereafter be imposed by circumstances. I have the utmost confidence that his order will...