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...facts are that I never profited one cent by the trust reposed in me by the country. . . . It is not in human nature that a man given the opportunities for service that were given to me in the time of the country's need could have devoted those two years in cold blood to cheating and wounding the nation for his own miserable profit...
...projects in times of inflation. However, the present cure-all of " stabilizing " this or that industry by price-fixing is in the long run no genuine remedy for the ills of the business cycle. In practically every case, price-fixing is proposed most earnestly by those who stand to profit most...
...team needs are those fighters who come through in the finishes with second or third place points which must be had to win any meet. These positions don't fall to star performers but to men who are willing to work and plug every day, and who try to profit by the things which the coaches and experienced men tell them." He then outlined the work of the season and the training rules which will be enforced...
With college education becoming the rule rather than the exception, there is a real need for institution which will offer opportunities higher than those of more trade schools to the relatively few students who want them and can profit by them. The need has been recognized before and Harvard is apparently anxious to be among such institution. The problem is to establish a system, one of whose prerequisites is limitation of numbers...
...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...