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...Seldom or never before has the representative of a Great Power made-up-as-he-went-along such vital words. Broach ing the problem of how the numbers of soldiers should be reduced, Mr. Gibson said, speaking of the Draft Convention over which the Commission has been dawdling for years (TIME, April...
...something bold and fine in the conception of a pair of apteryxes defying gunners on the top of the chimneys of the Cambridge Gas Company. There is a charming and not heavily exaggerated view of the Cape Cod Canal; and the aviation photographs strike a not which is but seldom sounded in the current rotogravures...
...times. The aid of such a person in helping patrons of the collection to find what they want and to care for the books would increase the desirability of his constant presence. As yet the funds for such a functionary have not been provided, but it is seldom that a good cause must cry unheard forever. It is to be hoped that the many unusually appealing features of the scheme so far excellently projected by Mr. Winship may attract the interest of the generously inclined who have an eye to the amenities of college education...
Important, though seldom discussed, is the manufacturing ratio between a day's pay and a day's work. Last week Gerard Swope, president of General Electric Co., discussed piecework versus timework payment, said that ''modifications of the piece rate system" had been introduced in General Electric plants. Figures on num-ber of employes, total salaries and total sales showed that in 1928 General Electric Co. had paid an average of 73,526 employes $134,056,000 and had received orders for $348,848,512 of C. E. products. The average employe therefore was paid...
...mystery-millions, a man so quiet his name is not on his office door or in Who's Who. For years he was a dominant stockholder in International Paper and New England Power. When he obtained control of the former, combinations began. He kept in the background. Seldom has his name appeared in print except, during the 90's, in the sport news. He used to be an able tennis racqueteer. His background is Quaker, and old New English. His father, Arnold Buffum Chace, is chancellor of Brown University. The Chace spokesman, figurehead and factotum...