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...soon it would affect the dollar's commodity value, to wrestle the gold dollar out in the world arena (see p. 51). ¶His preoccupation with his dollars made it fruitless for the President to talk War Debts with Britain's emissary. Sir Frederick Leith-Ross. Undersecretary Acheson and Governor Black of the Federal Reserve Board talked for two hours with Sir Frederick. Result: rumors of a monetary truce between Great Britain and the U. S. whereby dollar and pound would be "loosely" pegged while the U. S. pursued its gold-buying program. As for War debts, observers...
...Freshman tournament, one bracket reached the finals when James J. Fuld '37 won from R. T. Goodsell '37 in straight sets, 6-1 and 7-5. In the other bracket, L. Ross will meet H. M. Agoos, and the winner of this match will play Fuld for the title...
...Griffith Stadium to see the Washington Senators win their only game of the World Series from the New York Giants (see p. 40). Two other spectators at the game were moose-tall Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassador to the U. S., and scowling, bald-browed Sir Frederick William Leith-Ross, economic adviser to His Majesty's Government, in the U. S. to talk about settling Britain's $4,500,000,000 War Debt (TIME, Oct. 9). Sir Frederick did not meet the President that afternoon, but on his third day in Washington he paid a brief courtesy call...
Result of the Acheson-Leith-Ross conversations were to be transmitted play-by-play to the President. He was expected to ask no less than a lump payment of 50% of the debt. The British talked of offering 10%. Equally important were to be the discussions as to what kind of dollars and pounds any settlement was to be made in. Both sides were hopeful that the (See col. 3) two great off-gold nations, sitting head-to-head by themselves, might come nearer to an understanding on international currency stabilization than was possible at the many-tongued London Conference...
Last week's Makemie pilgrimage began at Manokin Church, Princess Anne, with Historian William Parker Finney as speaker. At Rehobeth Church, Princeton Seminary's Dr. Joseph .Ross Stevenson, onetime Northern Moderator, said: "Presbyterianism makes its appeal to thoughtful minds." But he experienced surprise that, "with its superior resources and superb opportunities," Presbyterianism has been outstripped by such later sects as the Methodists, unknown in Makemie's time. Explained Dr. Stevenson: "We have been afraid of emotionalism-enthusiasm -and as a result have leaned more to formality and restrained respectability...