Congress as Board and Manager of the U S Government
A Colorado congressman describes the United States government as a vast business run by Congress acting as board and manager. The piece outlines 1925–27 fiscal figures, Post Office costs, rail and air mail services, and broad department budgets from War to Interior, Agriculture, and Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Post Office Department
Postal Service
Post Office Service
New York
San Francisco
War Department
Philippine Scouts
Medical Department
Air Service
United States Military Academy
Panama Canal
Navy Department
Navy
Rine Corps
Interior Department
Bureau of Pensions
Bureau of Education
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
National Prohibition Enforcement
Tino Ago cc Ks Dbesseessans
Federal Farm Loan Bureau
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Secret Service
Sereeeses
Public Health Service
Father Too Often Victim Of Feminine Conspiracy In Nursery
An editorial argues that paternal involvement in infancy is hindered by grandmothers and mothers who keep fathers away from the nursery. It claims this damages father child bonding, delays parenting roles, and contributes to behavioral and religious upbringing flaws in American children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Conservation of Vision Economic Necessity and Preventable Blindness
The article argues most blindness is preventable and notes costs of eye injuries and education for the blind. It cites reductions in major blindness causes due to a nationwide prevention campaign now in its eleventh year and highlights economic and moral losses from eye disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Pennsylvania
Active Participation in Government Affairs
The article urges women to embrace active civic duty, arguing citizenship begins at home and must be taught in schools. It calls for church, business, and college women to engage in voting and governance, stressing equal citizenship for native and foreign-born women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Love of Luxury Handicapping America in an Educational Sense
A public editorial laments excess consumption of luxuries over education in the United States. It argues for four core rights for youths—social, mental, spiritual, and physical development—warning that movies and cosmetics drain funds from schooling and teachers’ salaries. The author cautions that society is “sliding in tn the marvelous crowd of the ancient order of rest.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Order of Rest
Oldtime Choir Revival Proposed for Church Music Recovery
A church reform essay argues modern worship music is superficial and calls for a revival of choirs run by trained volunteers from schools and glee clubs under strong leadership to restore beauty and reverence in church music.
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Uncle Sam
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Colorado
Coast Guard
By Guy U. Hardy
Weather Bureau
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Bureau of Plant Industry
Forest Service
Bureau of Chemistry
Bureau of Soils
Bureau of Entomology
Frank H. Richardson
DR. Park Lewis
William R. Alvord
Detroit
Nanette F. Weeks
American Baptist Publications
H. Augustine Smith
Chautauqua
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