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Appearing before the meeting to point out advantages gained by a system of union representatives for each dining unit, Alan R. Sweezy '29, instructor of Economics challenged the University's pension system...
...Bohemian garret-&-starvation conception of a great artist does not apply to Sibelius. Since 1897 he has enjoyed a modest pension from the Finnish state, which has provided him with leisure to compose. At his house at Jarvenpaa he lives the secluded life of a highly respectable country gentleman. His five daughters have long since gone forth to marry and raise families of their own. He and his wife live alone, looked after by two maids. He relishes good food and drink, smokes continually the best and largest Havana cigars, is partial between meals to well-aged whiskey served...
...join the union or to leave and seek another position. Such an abandonment of these who have worked here for many years, who relish its protection through the guarantee of steady work, with slight chance of dismissal for economic or political reasons, who benefit by its group insurance and pension plans, is unlike the attitude that should be assumed by a liberal employer...
...plans for the future. This year A. L. P.'s new assemblymen will be expected to plump for a fairly well defined platform including: 1) ratification of the child labor amendment, 2) a "little" Wagner-Steagall housing bill for New York, 3) reducing the old age pension limit to 60, 4) municipal power plants as a yardstick for rates, 5) regulation of private detective agencies...
Debt. The net deficit represents a potential addition to the National debt now approaching $37,000,000,000. Thanks to the fact that the Government will buy more than $1,000,000,000 worth of its own bonds for special investment accounts, largely in connection with pension and social security measures, the Treasury will not have to resort to public financing. Indeed, the National debt in the hands of the public will probably be smaller at the end of next June than last June...