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Grand Challenge Cup at Stake...
...well-known. The last days of any Congress are a heetic political scramble in which proportion and discretion are usually lost sight of. Indifference to vital interests has meant the indefinite postponement of too many bills. In the present case, however, there are not only dollars, but lives at stake. It seems incredible that Congress, even though it be nearing its last meeting, should overlook this fact...
...open shop, which he considers as necessary to the success of the industrial system as the right of collective bargaining. Australia, he believes has found that compulsory arbitration is a fruitful breeder of strikes rather than a preventive of them. Australian industrial experience has shown that rather than stake their claims on a court which may quite likely decide against them, union leaders find it more advantageous to strike directly, knowing that the law can not be adequately enforced against them. Since Australia has already passed through the stage in which the United States finds itself in regard to labor...
...they are taking this defeat after they had become so used to winning after almost four years of continuous victories. It is easy to be a good winner but it is hard to be a good loser, especially when possibly your whole reputation is at stake. However, 1 believe that we have shown the people around this section that we can give any team a fight for its victory...
...important movement is at stake. It has long been admitted that the lack of assimilation in America is a grievous one; that without serious effort America will never become more than a kaleidoscopic chess-board of nationalities. This movement of the American Legion is the first completely planned, nation-wide scheme of Americanization to be brought before the government. Is it to fall because of a misunderstanding, or because of Mr. Post's personal dislike of the Legion which at its last convention demanded his resignation? Petty trifles have too long stood in the way of national progress. The Legion...