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...excuse which is usually made n honest ignorance of the amount of time involved. Any man can join a local political club and take part in the conferences of the party and in the formulation of its principles without in any way sacrificing his private affairs. More than ninety percent of the man engaged at the present time in active politics in this country are professional or business men. This is true, so far as know, of every district leader and country chairman on both sides in New York State, and I believe the same condition exists in other parts...
...hold the laborers from other more profitable "war work". But the wage scale of 1917 was granted only for the duration of the war; accordingly, in September, 1919, delegates of the miners from the various fields declared the war scale at an end and demanded an increase of sixty percent in wages, shorter hours, and a five day week. The refusal of the operators to consider these terms was followed by the great strike of November, 1919, in which the government interfered and, it must be admitted, bungled the situation badly. There were, however, some 200,000 non-union miners...
...West Virginia, even with perfect transportation, cannot produce more than sixty percent of the fuel needed. The other fields must be worked as well. And the union miners, knowing this, insist that in the new wage contract due on the first of April, they at least retain the 1920 scale; and they are asking even a further increase. The president of the United Mine Workers of America claims that the operators are trying to crush the miners, and that they demand higher prices for coal using the strike as an excuse. He has consequently called a strike for the first...
...still more in the financial problem the committee has arranged with a New York bank to buy the full number of francs on payment of 25 percent of the amount. The price will cover all traveling expenses, tuition fees, theatrical performances, accommodations and meals, and all tips except on the Atlantic voyage...
...gave out complete statistics of the applications for and refusals of admission, grouped by classes, plan of admission and geographical distribution. An extremely interesting fact which was brought out in the statistics was the equal distribution of men entering from public and private schools. Forty-six and four-tenths percent of the candidates were from the former schools, while about 53:5 prepared at private or endowed schools. But the curious part is that the figures of the men entering by new plan and old plan from these two groups are nearly reversed. Thirty-three and seven-tenths percent...