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...dollar to uncertain limits . . . does not inspire confidence. The peril of sheer greenbackism is real and not imaginary." Chamber of Commerce. At a special meeting dominated by chop-whiskered old Leonor Fresnel Loree, the New York State Chamber of Commerce solemnly resolved that "measures should be taken with the utmost promptness looking toward the restoration of a permanent gold standard in the U. S. . . . It is of the greatest im portance to business recovery that the Administration clearly and unequivocally announce that it will not adopt an automatic commodity dollar or a managed commodity dollar or similar currency experi- ments...
...mayor-elect would give no definite notice as to policies when in office both because of and until the recount and until he has a chance to see at first hand the conditions surrounding him when he enters office. However, he did say, "I shall do my utmost to fulfill my party pledges of reduction of taxes, full value to the taxpayers for their taxes, earnest and capable men for department heads, and special observance of the laws regulating advertising of contracts, prohibiting splitting of contracts and collusive bidding. These last evils must be stamped out. I shall...
That was virtually all it talked about. Publisher Astor admitted, "It is indeed a fact that we shall support to the utmost limit of our strength the ideals so admirably embodied in the Roosevelt Administration." But, he explained, " 'Liberal' is a word of many definitions. We intend it in the sense that we shall preserve our freedom from the call or dictates of any class, whether economic, social or religious...
...five-eighths of a mile) with "pillboxes" and groups of pillboxes, each one a small fort 30 ft. by 36 ft. and rooted 60 ft. deep in earth so that poilus in the lower chamber can rest in comfort. "Comfort," as Marshal Pétain has said, "is of utmost strategic importance. The combative efficiency of the soldier is at least doubled when he can recuperate in comfort." Ergo, nearly every pillbox is equipped with electric lights, electric stove, a well, beds, running water and glistening latrines. On his visit to the forts last August Premier Daladier cried: "The shield...
...hasten to assure my many followers that last week I was only fooling. What I was really thinking of when I predicted 20-13 was that it will take 20 years for me to make 13 false predictions. This week my famous intellect has been exercised with utmost effort and accuracy, so lesser sages will turn Green with envy...