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...raised, Stalin indicated, above the wage level of unskilled proletarians and despised white collar yes-men. Up to last week the theory of Soviet wage scales (varied some-what in practice) was approximate wage equality between the skilled and the unskilled. With a mighty tug Stalin seemed to shift the whole Soviet wage structure ?in a direction seemingly opposite to Communism...
Since the shift of Parker from the Combination crew to the Jayveee eight there have been no changes in the boatings as they stood before the trip to Connecticut, and there is no reason to expect a further shakeup. Until the squad has finished its examinations. Coach Whiteside announced today, there will be no really heavy work. With three hours each afternoon devoted to academic work it is impossible to expect the oarsmen to make any prolonged rows, although a few short races are planned tentatively for the end of the week
...combination boat. This latter eight was assembled for the first time this morning and already showed vast improvement in the afternoon brush. Coach Haines originally took down four members of the championship Junior Class eight to make up half the boat and four Freshmen to complete it. With the shift in men today the seatings now are as follows...
Ever since Charles Evans Hughes was made Chief Justice of the U. S. his friends and critics have been intently watching the Supreme Court for any change in its temper, any shift in its alignment. The Hughes appointment last year focused the Supreme Court in the Senate as an issue of "human rights" v. "property rights" (TIME, Feb. 17, 1930 et seq.). Justices Brandeis, Holmes and Stone, dissenters all, were then cited as the court's Liberal minority upholding "human rights." Justices Van Devanter, McReynolds, Sutherland and Butler were grouped as the Conservative majority. Insurgent Senators flayed Nominee Hughes...
...fellow made shift to enter and was warmly greeted within by his old and loyal followers of years past. They bade him sup with them in their large and paneled dining room. All unwitting he accepted. Hardly had the little group sat down before one of the young medics began mouthing pendantically about his sacra lillac joint. In his usual gallant way the Vag abond played the game. "I find that front bites better with a Dowaglac." O God, O Montreal what had he done? Laughter, like summer thunder beneath distant horizons, shook the clapboards. Sacro-illiac was a part...