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...Exempt Securities?"Another reform which is urgent in our fiscal system is the abolition of the right to issue tax-exempt securities. The existing system not only permits a large amount of the wealth of the nation to escape its just burden, but acts as a continual stimulant to municipal extravagance...
Coal Problem?"The cost of coal has become unbearably high. . . . Those responsible for the conditions in this industry should undertake its reform and free it from any charge of profiteering. ... I do not favor Government ownership or operation of coal mines. . . . The supply of coal must be constant. In case of its prospective interruption, the President should have authority to appoint a commission empowered to deal with whatever emergency situation might arise...
...more than a realization that a democratic heart can beat under silks and ribbands, it is necessary to obtain efficiency in American diplomatic circles. It seems self-evident that ambassadors should be selected upon the basis of ability and experience. No effective reform, however, can be instituted until Congressmen realize the value of a trained diplomatic service. Perhaps the failure of the Versailles treaty will point the moral, for it was definitely a pact written by politicians who had to arrange the provisions to humor their constituencies. The first improvement should be the raising of diplomats' salaries to the point...
...that Bostonians have heard what city councilmen a few of their number have elected they can begin to wonder just why the Democratic Committee so very nearly swept the polls. The fact that it was admitted to be "a contest of the politicians against the so-called reform organizations" makes the victory all the stranger. An answer to the rather vexing problem presented by the result, of the elections can be found in Mr. Frank R. Kent's articles in the World's Work on "The Great Game of Politics"; and in one word that answer is: "machine...
...games is the opening gun in their campaign to reduce the importance of athletics in American universities. Realizing the fallacy in the well-known assertion that "the best advertisement for a college is a winning team", the presidents of Amherst, Bates, Hamilton, Trinity, and Wesleyan have attempted an additional reform by insisting that their coaches be regular members of the teaching faculty...