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...Having broken away from the old order which it feels offered no satisfactory or permanent solution to the problem of national existence, the 'Youth Movement' has attacked the problem of a new system which will serve in its place. It has come to the conclusion that a mere solving of the economic problems is insufficient, and it has turned to the more fundamental idea of a religious foundation built by a revival of religious experiences. Upon this foundation a new national culture is to be built...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MR. FRIEDRICH TELLS OF "YOUTH MOVEMENT" IN GERMANY | 11/22/1922 | See Source »

...contributor demands that the CRIMSON come out "flat-footed" and say what it means, suggesting a solution of the problem. The question is not so much how to "save" tickets as how to distribute them most equitably...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "FLAT-FOOTED" | 11/20/1922 | See Source »

...such phrases, however, it frequently fails to hold true. To be sure, above the turbulent noises of war some fortunate countries heard the voice of a master. With the British armies reduced to the most extreme danger from lack of shells. England, appalled at the vastness of the problem baulked at the undertaking till she found, in her recently rejected Premier a breadth of vision and a driving force to inspire her disunited industrialism and in turn her thousand cities into one munitions factory. And later, when the Allies, disappointed of victory, by every other expedient, turned to that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HE WHO COMMANDS | 11/18/1922 | See Source »

...fundamental railroad problem is not complicated, however intricate may be the details involved in its solution. The problem lies in the fact that for many years there has not been a sufficient margin between income and expenses for American railroads as a whole, and that this condition is particularly aggravated in individual cases...

Author: By D. S. Brigham ., | Title: TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 1920 NOT ENTIRELY SUCCESSFUL | 11/14/1922 | See Source »

...next phase of the railroad problem is likely to be a period of amendments or attempted amendments to the Transportation Act. The so-called "Farm Bloc" object to what they contend is a guaranty of earnings. Many of the states are chafing under the curb which the Transportation Act has placed on their powers of regulation. The labor organizations, in common with many business organizations and some railroad managements, are anxious for different reasons to abolish the Labor Board. Others advocate the strengthening of the Labor Board by the compulsory enforcement of its decisions and the prohibition of strikes. Senator...

Author: By D. S. Brigham ., | Title: TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 1920 NOT ENTIRELY SUCCESSFUL | 11/14/1922 | See Source »