Who's News: Feis and the barter axis of fools and profits
New York reports on Dr. Herbert Feis economic adviser to the State Department as barter talks with Britain expand to include rubber tin and wheat. The piece blends profiles of Feis and poet John Masefield, notes Feis’s Machiavelli reading and Hoover era origins, and muses on time theory via E. Hopes and A Milne. It highlights Lucius Littauer’s philanthropy and Harvard’s human standards bureau, framing a broad meditation on time, absolutism, and global trade.
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State Department
Shelley
John Masefield
Feis
Uncle Sam
London
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Parliament
England
Dr. Feis
Machiavelli
Harvard
University of Kansas
University of Cincinnati
Council of Foreign Relations
A. Milne
Montaigne
Lucius N. Littauer
Littauer
Mr. Littauer
United States Bureau of Standards
Bureau of Human Standards
Three Democratic Candidates Start Pre-Season Campaigns
Democratic contenders Farley Garner and McNutt begin 1940 campaign maneuvers with regional outreach, avoiding intraparty clashes while courting delegates. The piece notes shifts in farming states, voter sentiment, and the potential for a Farley Garner unity ticket amid Roosevelt's uncertain path.
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Eral
Pacific Post
Mr. McNutt
Messrs
Roosevelt
Farley
Garner
Cactus Jack Garner
Taxation and relief politics in Roosevelt era budget debate
The piece surveys tax revision proposals led by Senators Harrison and Doughton aiming to preserve high income levies while avoiding lower revenue. It notes a possible 18 percent flat corporate levy, asserts politics of deficit spending after farm legislation, and discusses Argentina beef import policy and a congressional push for accountability in WPA spending amid relief funding debates.
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Ways and Means
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Buenos Ares
Jose Cantilo
Washington
Illinois
Leo Allen
Daniel W. Hoan
Milwaukee
Wis
Hoan
Voting age to 18 urged by Judge Lindsey in LA
Judge Ben Lindsey argues for lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 declaring today’s youth the most moral and intelligent, hopeful generation the world has seen. U S exports in Q1 reach 20.4 million dollars up 42 percent from last year. AAA photographs 215,192 acres in 16 states to monitor crop control adherence. An Austrian Nazi order requires official approval for clergy changes and gates study paths for priesthood or religious orders.
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Ben Lindsey
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AAA
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