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...Treasury had convinced it that such a rate would only drive capital into tax-exempt securities. The principal effects of these new tax rates which were expected to raise $122,000,000 more revenue were to bring a million or so small-salaried citizens within the law's scope (the Treasury calls it "broadening the tax base") and to cut more heavily into the earnings of the middle class...
...schedule of conferences to be held in various European countries. At these conferences, Americans will be given an opportunity to meet students of other nations and to discuss with them the differences in their University and national problems. All men travelling in the vicinity may attend; and the scope of the program, which embraces nations from every corner of Europe, should insure a full and varied attendance...
...only the general--and unusually irremediable--faults inherent in all survey courses, but a few peculiar to it alone. Once a pure review of the History of English literature, the course now also attempts to foster literary appreciation and to develop a critical sense. This broadened scope, theoretically admirable, has led to a confusion which defeats the purpose of the course. The lectures have little continuity nor is there any correlation between them and section work. The material treated in the various sections, moreover, differs so widely that the course is good, bad, or indifferent largely as the instructors make...
...with every known book on American diplomacy, becomes the center for informal discussions of international relations. The library, a good average House library of six-thousand volumes, is especially well stocked in the fields of History and International Relations. As its booklet hints, Adams House residents are given free scope to exercise "that capacity for self-education throughout life which it is the aim of the House plan to promote...
...only about one-half the estimated 230,570 jobless heads of families. Of the remainder about 20,000 have been investigated, found urgently in need of help. To this list more will probably be added each week. Though simple in operation, the plan is staggering in size and scope. It has called for the aid of all of New York's big daily newspaper publishers, enlisted as district directors, business, civic and social leaders, including President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University, who enrolled as chairman of a large Upper West Side district. Last week...