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...Governmental fiscal policy this bill contains provisions which, in my opinion, are not only unsatisfactory but are harmful to the future of this country." The immediate result of the bill will be to relieve taxpayers of 25% of the income tax payable this year. This will be refunded without request if full payment has been made. Those paying in quarterly installments may subtract 50% of the amount to be paid on June 15 and 25% of the amount to be paid on each of the two ensuing payments...
Unmarried and rich, one Joseph Ange Durighello presented to the Louvre his valuable collection of Phoenician vases. Married and poor, M. Durighello asked for the return of the vases. The Louvre authorities were sympathique but thought the Courts ought to decide on the legality of his request. The Court was of the opinion that Joseph had "only loaned them." They are to be returned...
...express request of Benito all the Senators and Deputies, except three or four, appeared in full evening dress. One Deputy provoked convulsions of merriment by appearing in "tails" and yellow boots; one wore a black shirt. The appearance of the King was a signal for roof-lifting applause which was as loud as it was long. Vittorio Emanuele, dressed in the uniform of a general, took his seat upon a throne, erected under a canopy of red velvet, decorated with the Arms of Savoy in gold. Above and behind him were the Queen and the Princesses Mafalda and Giovanna, surrounded...
...eligible to citizenship (that is, Japanese; other Orientals had been previously barred out) was approved by both House and Senate and sent to the President. The provision making the Japanese exclusion clause effective July 1 (which had been altered by the joint conference to March 1, 1925, at the request of the President) was restored at the demand of the House (TIME, May 19). Thus the bill was passed. Congress. Both houses wanted the Japanese exclusion section made effective almost immediately-regardless of the President's demand that time should be given to ease the injured feelings of Japan...
...with the stentorian cry with which the original T. R. might have greeted such a request, but in a letter analyzing one by one the points made, the young Colonel, who signed himself "Acting Secretary of the Navy," made answer...