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...rich, at the expense of the small and the poor." [Applause] Neutrality. Because U. S. peace lovers have, within the past year, whipped up the question of U. S. neutrality in a dark and dangerous world to the first legislative rank (see p. 11), all ears pricked up in solemn attention when the President came to this ticklish problem. Said he: "First, we decline to encourage the prosecution of war by permitting belligerents to obtain arms, ammunition or implements of war from the United States; second, we seek to discourage the use by belligerent nations of any and all American...
...distract a Yankee colonel, and again in a street when they seek to raise money to take them to see Abraham Lincoln. Miss Temple sings Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms and Polly Wolly Doodle. She also has a new foil in the person of a plump, solemn youngster named Edward McManus, who dances the minuet with her at a children's party, gravely pipes his apologies at being unable to bow low because his pantaloons are too tight...
...Morgenthau's solemn declaration that he had bought silver every day last week did not alter the case, for he refused to say how much he had bought or where he had made his purchases. His purchases may have been negligible and, wherever made, they were not made in London. After driving all other purchasers out of the great international silver market, he had suddenly turned his back and left that market to go to pot. World silver trading stopped dead in its tracks. From 65? the price on various exchanges dropped...
Since 1918 he has been perpetual President. Last week to a solemn gathering of Czechoslovakian statesmen the frail and hoary but still mentally great President said: "I am aware that I am no longer strong enough for the task. Therefore, I resign. ... I recommend to you Dr. Benes as my successor. . . . You, Mr. Premier, I ask to take cognizance of my resignation and undertake the necessary steps...
...from his real wife. When he first met Dorothy Cheston, he contemplated no further domestic entanglements. He was a famed middle-aged author, she a young (22-year-old) actress. Their friendship ripened perceptibly-from teas to tête-à-tête dinners to duets to a solemn kiss. Finally he proposed that she become his mistress...