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...hrer Adolf Hitler invited Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia to conclude non-aggression pacts with Germany. Latvia and Estonia jumped at the chance. The other four countries reserved judgment until their foreign ministers had a chance to meet at Stockholm, agree on a common policy. Sharpest opposition to acceptance of the offer appeared in Norway...
...Theoretically, perhaps. "My skepticism, however, is based on the fact that it was America herself who gave sharpest expression to her mistrust in the effectiveness of conferences. For the greatest conference of all time was without any doubt the League of Nations...
...ARCHITECTURAL FORUM for April brought discussion of low-cost houses down to brass tacks, the two sharpest being 1) that more than 70% of U. S. families now earn less than $2,000 a year, and 2) that the 35% with incomes between $1,000 and $2,000 in good times and bad make up a vast and virtually untapped market for building. For this 35%, houses must cost from $4,000 down. ARCHITECTURAL FORUM gave architects virtually the first survey of the problems of designing houses in this price range, which they have hitherto ignored...
...Discrimination in occupational advertisements is sharpest against Jewish salesmen, white-collar workers, women stenographers. To combat it, many Jewish girls have taken to wearing crosses "as a protective charm...
With that remark Mr. Morgenthau hit two nails upon the head: 1) The nervousness of people with money had just produced the sharpest break in the stock-market since last spring, commodity prices were fluttering, and throughout the nation businessmen were absorbed with one question-how would a major European war affect U. S. business? (Even if no war came at once, it was clear that the threat was likely to remain.) 2) How the U. S. was affected in 1914 is a matter of record. But since then there have been several enormous shifts in the status...