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Vol. 30. No. 32
SENIOR BALL GROUP
STILL CONSIDERING
ORCHESTRA CHOICE
Bands on List Include Johnnie
Hamp, Mal Hallett, Claude
Hopkins, Bert Lown
NEW TYPE OF PROGRAM
CHOSEN BY COMMITTEE
Consists of Loose-Leaf Book
Featuring .Facsimile of
Old Main on Cover •
At 4 o'clock this afternoon, mem
bers of .the Senior Ball committee
were still undecided as to the orches
tra which will •feature at the function
here, February O. According to Ber
. nard J. Duffy '34, Ball chairman, last
minute consideration is being given
to several bands with a view to sign
ing a contract with a bind immedia
tely after a final selection is agreed
upon by the committee.
Among the orchestras from which
members of the committee will make
their selection are Johnnie Hemp,
whose music has featured at the Con
gress Hotel in Chicago and at the Mi
ami Biltmore Hotel in Miami, Fla.,
Joe Saunders, who is now wielding the
baton for the original Coon-Saunders
music-makers, and Husk O'Hare,
whose boys broadcast nightly over
station W. G. N.
Will Change Program
Other bands which remain on the
list are Mal Hallett, Popular enter-I
. tainer at the Hotel Lexington in
Louisville, Ky., Bert Lown, who for
. merly held a ten-year contract at the
Hotel Biltmore in New York, Doc
Peyton,•master of musical ceremonies
at the New Kenmore Hotel, Albany,
N. Y., and Claude Hopkins whose 10,
, cation is the Aosciam:Lßaltroom,New_
The type of program for the affair,
as selected and approved by the •coin
mittee, will 'consist of a small, loose
leaf book with a metal cover contain
,•ing a facsimile of Old Main on its
center. The College seal will be dis-I
played on the first inner leaf• of the]
book.
Decorition Contract Unsigned
A change in the traditional con
tents of the program was instituted
by the members of the ball committee
.who decided not to include the usual
list of the evening's dances. The cus
tomary list will be replaced in the pro
gram by a schedule of the sports
events which will' take place during
the week-end.
A Wilkes-Barre concern has sub
mitted a bid for the contract to dec
orate Recreation hall for the dance
and has received favorable attention
from members of, the ball committee
although, as yet, no definite award
ing of the contract has been made.
Because of the temporary deal in
awarding the contract, no plan for,
the arrangement of booths in the hall
has'been . completed nor has color Wilbur 11 Leitzell, burgess of State
scheme been decided upon for inter- College, has been confined to his home
for decoration. Arrangements with a for the past week with a case of
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decorating company and the selection grippe. His condition is reported as
of a decorative motif will be decided being much better and it is expected
upon within two or three days, fluffy that he will be able to be out again
stated. . in the first part of the week.
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Merchants, Managers Lead as
Vocations of Students' Parents
if you want to take a shot in the
dark at the occupation of a fellow
student's male parent, the best bet is
the vocation of storekeeper or mer
chant, according to an .investigation
of replies to the query, 'Father's Oc
cupation?' which were submitted by
students who enrolled. here for the
first semester. •
Of the students enrolled here the
first serriester,. 410 listed the oceans-
Lion of their fathers as merchants and
storekeepers, while 385 declared that
their fathers were • superintendents,
managers, or foremen. As an occu
pational class, farming was third,
with 320 students being sons of 'far
mers.
Other occupational groups repre
.sented are professors .and teachers,
174; railroad employes,
_171; 'miners;
130; salesmen and commercial. trav
elers, 122; laborers, 116; physicians
and doctors, 103;' engineers, 102; and
contractors, 100.
• - Ages of the students here vary
from sixteen years, to forty-three
years, the statistics show. The ages
-of the majority of the students range
front eighteen to twenty-one years,
with'32o4 students -in this group.
Although the average , of freshmen
is eighteen years, fifteen entered Col
lege at the age of,' sixteen, and one
freshman gave his,age as twenty
nine. Men outnumber the women in
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Platt Foresees One Board
T 0... Supervise All Dances
`Allocation of Social Functions Only Solution
For Crowded Week-Ends', Chairman
Of I. F. C. Committee Says
"Allocating fraternity house dances
over an entire, College year is both
an economical and social necessity on
the campus," Vernon D. Platt '35,
chairman of the Interfraternity Coun
cil dance committee, maintains.
"Under the present set-up, dances
are generally crowded into certain
week-efids during the semester, while
most of the time the social schedule
is bairen of activities. Usually this
leads to an over-abundance of dances
one week-end, with practically no
social functions at other times,"
Platt said.
"Dance supervision in the hands of
one governing body is the only solu
tion for the present crowding of Cal-
$6O STOLEN FROM
THETA KAPPA PHI
All Rooms Ransacked Early This
Morning—Thieves Overlook
Clothes, Jewelry
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Recurrence of fraternity house rob
beries was evidenced eery this morn
ing when members of Theta Kappa
Phi fraternity house were robbed of
approximately $6O. The robbery was
believed to have taken place. between
3:30 and 4 '
:30 o'clock since some mem
ber,/ were up with the exception a
that one hour.
Although an, accurate cheek-up had
not been .made at the time of this
writing, it is. apparent that:no clothes,
or jewelry were stolen. Nearly all
rooms were ransacked, however, with
clOthes" strewn all , c,Veri•draiverilipen
ed, and doors left ajar.
Doors .Left Unlocked
• Though the doors and Windows were
supposed to bave been locked each
night, as a result of the series of fra
ternity house robberies which occur
red .earliei in the semester, they evi
dently remaind unlocked which per
mitted the culprits to enter. Police
started an inveStigation this after
noon.
. Forty-five dollars, the largest
amount of money over-looked by the
thieves, and belonging to Francis
. M.
Kehoe '3ll , was left in a room par
tially ransacked. The intruders
were apparently interrupted and fled
hurriedly when a student arose at
4:30 o'clock to study. •
While looting the fraternity, the
culprits made known their choice of
cigarettes for they collected only one
brand and left the others lay. Mem
hers stated that the house had never
before been robbed.
BURGESS CONFINED TO HOME
the yoUngest group, although the
co-eds have a higher percentage of
students under the average age in the
respective classes than do the men.
Groups with smaller representa
tions are clerks; 95; manufacturers,
188; accountants and bookkeepers, 80;
!bank employes, 75; insurance agents,
173; carpenters, 68; machinists; 59;
electrical engineers, 48; civil engi
ricers, 43; lawyers, 39; ministers, 39;
postal clerks and postmasters, 39;
'dairymen, 34; dentists, 30; and me
-Ichanical engineers,
.3q:
That many students intend to fol
ion, the occupation of their fathers is
shown by the fact that more than
half of the group who are sons of
ifarmers-are enrolled in the School of
!Agrculture. The industrial group has
;the largest number of students en
,rolled in the School of Engineering,
the School of Mineral Industries, and
the School of Liberal Arts,
Although the , majority of
. students
in tho. School of Chemistry and Phys.
lies have parents who, are in the met ,
handle business, a greater number of
merchant's sons' are taking liberal
!arts and engineering courses. With
women students enrolled in every
school except the . School of Mineral
Industries, the School of Education
and the School of .Liberal Arts have
Ithe largest percentage of women stud
ents.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., MONDAY-EVENING; JANUARY 15, 1934
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lege social functions," the dance corn
mitten chairman said. "And this or
ganization may lead to such a set-up
not far in the future."
"As it is now, no one person or or
ganization is responsbile for approv
ing dates set for dances, and naturally
fraternity house dances, special events
sponsored by honorary groups, and
organization dances are going to con
flict because each are arranged lode-,
pendently of each other," Platt ex
plained. "Wlith a single dance sanc
tioning group responSible, a more ef
ficient calendar could be worked out."
One step in this direction will be
made when the Interfraternity Coun
cil dance committee meets tomorrow
afternoon to adopt rules and regula
tions concerning dances which will be
hold by fraternities next semester.
The committee will meet in Room 305,
Old Main ; at 4 o'clock. •
Scouting criticism of the preferen
tial dance elan, Platt said, "I can't,
see wheie it is going to Werk'a hard
ship upon the fraternity arrange
ments. Very likely' the committee
will decide that preferred dance dates
will not have to ha turned in to us
at the beginning of the semester.
"The plan is only an experiment
and we'll have to go slowly until we
got better organized, I realize," hel
continued. "If fraternities make
known' their selections about six
weeks ahead of the date, the com
mittee will have time either to. sanc
tion or reject the plea and still give
the houses sufficient'time to work out
other arrangements concerning band
contracts, and so forth."
LOAN FUND DANCE
SErFOR FED 23
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Student Union Will Chrge J5t..00 ,
.Per Couplefoi• Function in :
Recreation Hall
Anticipating a • "Battle of Music"
between two popular campus dance
bands, junior membets of the Student
Loan Fund committee are drawing up
plans for its second all-College func
tion'to be held in Recreation hall, Fri
day night, February .23.
In order to swell the funds in the
depleted treasury, 'a charge of $l.OO
per couple will be made, according to
Carson W. Culp '34 chairman of the
committee.' Since 'the Union expecti
to hold at least another dance next se
mester, it will be necessary to make
this charge he added.
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To facilitate matters, a checking
charge of ten cents per couple for
cloaks will be made, with the entire
proceeds going to the Student Loan
Fund. .By making the dance strictly
informal, the Student Union holies to
make the• get-together feeling strong
er, Culp added.
Freshmen, customs will not be en
forced for the dance while W. S. G. A.
officials are *expected to declare the
dance It free social function. In the
event , that . the dance is held until
1 o'clock, it:is probable that the co
eds will be' given a late dating per
misSion.
"The Interfraternity dance corn
mittee.will be .requested not to permit
the scheduling of any house dances
on that date," the committee Chair
man said. "This' will - be aided ma
terially hy the enforcenient 'of rt . re
cent ruling of the council which is
empowered to regulate all dances," he
explained.
FRESHMEN 'COLLEGIAN' •
CANDIDATES WILL MEET
Rosenzweig, To Hold Last Meeting
Of SemeSter Tomorrow• Night
Freshman candidates for the COL
LEGIAN will meet in the Corned-
Inc office, Room 312 Old Mairi; - at
7:30 'o'clock tomorrow night nntlei
the direction of Bernard .H. 'Rosen
weig '34, who is conducting the series
of meetings. '
Thii will be the last meeting of
the semester, according to Rosenweig.
Any freshman interested who has not
yet attended may sign up at this meet
ing for the course in' instruction,. he'
added.
Each candidate is to bring a short
news story of some campus event to
the meeting, RosenOleig . said. 'Will
iam N. Ulerich '3l, a former editor
of the' COLLEGIAN, and • presnnt
managing editor of the State College
Tilers. will address the candidates.•
Military Ball Be
Held on Frhiai Night
Featuring an entire militaristic
decorative theme, R 0. T.- C. of
ficers of Penn Statelwill hold their
annual Military Ball. in the Armory,
Friday night, with :music furnished
by Bill Bottorf, according to Harry
3. Lavo '34, studettt colonel and
chairman of the committee.
Invitations have been extended to
the Reserve Officeri4raining Corps
of eighteen colleges,:' Lava stated.
Dancing will be held from 9 until 1
O'clock, admission being by invita
tion only. A. red, ,and blue
decoration theme will: be used, with
machine gun emplacements. set in
various places ,about; the, room.
Faculty Will Vie
In SartOiial Poll,
Students To Determine
`Best Dreised' of
College' Staff
Professors, that class of campus
personages which -has - long been the
background against which' students
shine, will be given 'an opportunity to
see:their names in •:largeS type by
means of a "Best-Dressed Professor"
poll to be conducted - .by the COLLEG
IAN Wednesday, • Thdrsday, and Fri
day of this week.
Under the rules of the contest, any
solon of the classrooM, from the as
sistant* statistician of the School of
Education to the most austere ' and
officiouS 'Dean, 'is eligible. • Realizing
that "smoothneis" cannot be mean- ,
tared by academic standards, the 'com
mittee in charge 'of ' 7 .the contest de-!
liberatcly attached ablanket signifi-.
canoe to • the word, "professor."
Women Don't Count
e.
ing. that- tlie ,
Clam of women faculty members has
influencetrtheir mode. of dress to a
point. where; as a ' whole, they .easily
eclipse their ,masculine..contemporat ,
-ies in the. matter of haberdashery, the
COLLEGIAN • has .• decreed , that,. the
contest shall be• open to men only.
The conductors of -the contest feel.
that each School undoubtedly con
tains faculty members who will be
outstanding in competition for the
coveted title, but, at the same- time,
studenti are urged not to permit
school• prejudice and self-interest to .
bias their ultimate choice.
To Judge ort Consistency
According to the rules of the con
tests, candidates are not to be judged
upon the bizarreness of their cos
tumes, but rather on consistent adher
ence to a neat, pleasing, harmonious,
and fetching garb. This is due in
part to the fact that, this campus is
notorious for its.conservatism in the
matter of style.
Ballots will be distributed to all
men's and women's fraternities and
dormitories Wednesday.... Other stud
ents who desire to vote in the contest
may do so at the Student Union desk,
Old Main, Thursday and Friday.
KLEIN NAMED NEW
Y.W.C.A. SECRETARY
Boston University'. Graduate Arrives
To Assume Position us First
Full-Time Women's Head
Twiln B. Klein has been named as
the first full-time head of Penn State
Y. M. C. A., 'to succeed Mrs. Harry
W. Scam a n s who conducted
the position on a part-time basis until
early this fall, when she resigned.
Miss Klein arrived in. State College
Saturday afternoon, and will begin
developmental work on th e
Y. W. C. A.. program,: immediately.
She was one of the Penn State del
egates to the Student Movement con
ference held here over tho .week-end.
Miss Klein is a graduate of Okla
homa City University, where she re
eeived her bachelor of arts degree in
1930. Since then she has undertaken
- graduate work in religious fields at
BOS'ton University, where she re
ceived her master's degree in relig
ious education in 1932..
To introduce their new secretary to
members of campus organizations,
members of the Y. W. C. A. cabinet
will hold a tea in the Y. W. C. A.
'room, on the third floor of Old Main
Sunday afternoon. Guests .will be
sent invitations early this week.
Appointed as • research assistant,
Dr. Harlan W. Nelson, who received
his doctorate from the University of.
Illinois in June, recently. became a
member of the staff. of. the School of ,
Mineral Industries. He will make
investigations in - the fundamental
properties of coal.
LE Ball Budget Too High,
Council Delegate Declares
Dance Appropriations for Function Should Be
Trimmed to Proportions in Keeping
With Times, Wolff Holds
Declaring that he favored continu
ing Interfraternity Ball as an annual
affair, Frederick S. Wolff '34, a
member of Interfraternity Council,
nevertheless reiterated his stand made
in the Council chamber last Wednes
day night that the dance budget has
grown beyond proportions in keeping
with the times.
"There. is no reason why a budget
!of two - thousand dollars would not be
i sufficient for the Ball," Wolff said.
I "Many major College dances are run
on a budget of less than two thousand
dollars, some even less. .
`Tor instance, one all-College dance
this y'ear will have a budget of only
$l,BOO, one band, and a top of $550
for its services,". the Council delegate
continued. "It seems to follow logic
ally that if one major dance can get
along with such an appropriation,
then Interfraternity Ball can do the
same thing.
"With a budget of two thousand
dollars, the committee could contract
a 'name' band and a secondary band
for about $1,200, since the Ball is a
two-band dance," he explained. "Dec
orations, booths, and other expenses
wouldn't amount to much more than
six hundred dollars.
"There is no reason why a repeti
tion of last year's deficit should oc
cur," Wolff maintained." With around
forty houses participating in the
Ball, an assessment of fifty dollars
should be adequate to take care of all
expenses, without reassessing the in
dividual fraternities after the dance."
. Asked whether he considered the
fees paid to the general committee as
PANEL DISCUSSION
SET FOIUHURSDAY
S.- 1
P. 5..c.4. To Sponsor Second in
Series:—peters, Kaulfusi,
11 , Iorse Will Speak
Determined to come to a definite
agreement on at least several points,
two professors, and two members of
administrative organizations will
meet for a P. S. C. A. panel discussion
of College objectives in the Home
Economics auditorium at 7:30 o'clock
Thursday night.
Through an organized 'bqll session'
form of discussion, the mon will give
their views on the statement of col
lege objectives drawn up. last spring,
and will end the discussion with some
answer to the question, "What Chan
ges or Additions to the Code are
Needed?"
Meeting Second. in Series
Three men who will undertake the
discussion had been named by last
night. The fourth will be chosen to
day. Those decided on are Dr.
Charles C. Peters, of the .School of
Education, Prof. Ernest E.' Kaulfuss,
of the School of Engineering, and
Adrian 0. Morse, executive secretary
to the president.
This meeting will mark the second
of what is planned to be a series of
panel discussions. The first, given
over a month ago, was on the ques
tion, "Will the NRA Lead to Fas
cism?" Members of the political• sci
ence and sociology departments lead
that. 'bull session.'
In charge of the , student committee
making arrangements for this, discus
sion is Berwyn L. Miller '35, who will
introduce the speakers, as well as
lead the question period which occu
pies one third of the time allotted,
During this period the audience,
which is merely present during the
professorial part of the discourse, is
allowed to ask questions, either to the
speakers collectively, or to individual
men on the platform.
PROF.' DAUGHERTY TO GIVE
'FIRESIDE SESSION READING
Presenting program of readings
front, the Spanish, Prof. Paul' R.
DaughirtY,of the romance languages
department,,. will give the tenth in
the series Of Wednesday fireside
readings in.the upper lounge of Old
Main, Wednesday afternoon at 4:15
o'clock.
These 'programs, sponsored by the
College library, are usually made of
selections from the works' of leading
contemporary writers of the various
countries in . Europe.
GRANT HEADS COUNTRY CLUB
Prof. Richard W. Grant, of the de
partment' of musical education, has
been ' elected president of the Centre
Huila country club for 193.1.
exhorbitant, Wolff stated that such
a system was a fair reward for the
work done in arranging the details of
the Ball. "I have no objection to the
committee chairman getting a fee and
the 'cut' that cornea out of the cloak
checking concession, but there are
certainly leaks in the finances some
where.
"But I also think that the Ball.
should be continued as an annual
function of the College. There is no
question about that," Wolff said.
"You have to take into consideration
that a good many men look forward
and count on it."
THOMPSON INJURED
WHEN CARS CRASH
4 Occupants Unhurt in Accident
East of State College
Saturday Morning
Mary Jane Thompson '35 is recov
ering today from bruises and cuts
about the face suffered when an au
tomobile in which she was a passen
ger collided with one driven by Will
iam Seckingcr just east of State Col
lege about 1 o'clock Saturday morn
ing.
Miss Thompson was thrown by the
force of the impact against the metal
windshield frame, and was treated by
Dr. Ernest Coleman after the acci
dent. The other occupants of the car,
Wallace P. Ely 'l5, the driver; Jane
A. Parker '36, and Paul A. Kennedy
'36, were 'shaken up but otherwise
unhurt.
Both Thrown Into Ditch '•
The two cars sideswiped just be
yond the borough limits on the road
to Lemont and each was thrown into
a ditch on the same side of the road.
After the crash, the two machines
were over two hundred feet apart, ac
cording to witnesses of the accident.
Although Seckinger was uninjured,
his car was stripped of the left front
fender, a wheel, and part of the steer
ing aparatus„ Ely's car had a fender
smashed, and the running board and
a front wheel ripped off.
Ely and his companion had attend
ed Panhellenic Ball and were on their
way to an out-of-town restaurant
when the accident occurred. Seckin
ger was going west.
HALEY'S CONDITION IMPROVES
AFTER COMPLICATION OF ILLS
Dr. Dennis E. Hatay, of the de
partment of agriculture biochemistry,
was reported recovering at his home
last night after being ill of pneu
monia and intestinal influenza since
last Wednesday.
No substitute has been engaged by
the College in Dr. Haley's absence.
The staff of the department is di
viding the work, it was learned last
night.
After the NIRA, What?
In this interview, pr. ranger dis
cusses the permanence of thc Na
tinned Industrial Recovery Act, and
the possibilities of a change in gov
ernment should the NIUA
"I believe there is sufficient evi
dence to satisfy me that the general
policy, and program of the NIRA will
be continued," said Dr. Jacob 'ranger,
head of the department of history
and political science. "So much of
the New Deal program as is included
in the Recovery Act of June, 1933
will by the terms of the law expire
not later than June, 1935.
"Judging from the position taken by
President Roosevelt in his message to.
Congress on January 3 and from the
remarkable support given him by the
new Congress," he continued, "there
are not substantial reasons for be-!
lieving that the Act will be permitted
to run its full course even though
Presidential or Congressional action
may terminate it."
In this Congressional message,
President Roosevelt said that in his
opinion a permanent featureof our
modern industrial structure had been
created, and Dr. Tanger agrees in
part with him on this point.
"One who forecasts always runs
great danger of being contradicted
and disproved," the political scientist
said. "But the danger in this in
stance is inviting. We must keep in
mind that a program with a some
what similar objection was urged in
PRICE FIVE CENTS
STUDENTS WARNED
TO CURB EXCESSIVE
WEEK-END DRINKING
Undergraduates Admonished by
Warnock To Check Small
Misbehaving Group
COLLEGE DISSATISFIED
WITH STUDENT CONDUCT
Student's Reminded Control of
Own Action Essential to
Continued Freedom
Dissatisfied with the student behav
ior over week-ends, Dean of Men Ar
thur R. Warnock declared today that
the apparent excessive drinking and
ungentlemanly conduct will have to
be curbed if the College authorities
are expected to continue their policy
of non-interference.
"'There has been a progressive in
crease in the difficulty of dealing with
students who have been drinking,"
Dean Warnock said. "The situation
has gotten out of band because a
small number of students haven't
been checked in their behavior, either
by student leaders or faculty mem
bers.
Heid Conferences
"Our problem is to become active
in checking this small number who
won't • behave," he continued. "The
majority of the student body has been
acting in a sensible manner concern•
ing the. drinking question."
Dean Warnock has held conferences
with proprietors of several of the lo
cal beer parlors as well as Burgess
Wilbur F. Leitzell on the subject of
student conduct. It is the College's
attitude that it is the owner's respon
sibility to make certain that no beer
is.sold - to 'any student showing - signs
of intoxication, the Dean said.
In commenting on the situation,
John T. Ryan jr. '3l, senior class
president, declares that there was no
desire on the part . of student authori
ties to matte any attempt to control
drinking by setting up a group or
regulations.
Regulation Moderate
"At the outset the matter was left
up to the students and it is their own
obligation." Ryan declared. "There
has been less regulation and interven
tion on the par.t. of College authorities
here at Penn State than at most other
educational institutions, and the stud
ents should bear that in mind.
"The situation in a College town is
different than in other places," he
added. "It should be remembered
that if a person or group of persons
creates a nuisance in public, here it
tends to reflect on the College in
stead of on the individual."
The student leader declared that
lie did not believe that the misbehavior
was caused by an increase in drink
ing. Since repeal has become effec
tive, drinking has become more appar
ent because it is not done under cov
er, and the boisterous conduct is the
result of large numbers gathering in
crowded places, lie explained.
the 1890's and later was advocated
by Theodore Roosevelt and partially
• inaugurated by WoOdrow Wilson.
"The Spanish-American War, how
ever, entrenched capitalism as repre
sented by big business," he continued,
"and the World War in Wilson's ad
ministration again halted social and
economic legislation and restored the
old order in 1920. The economic and
social disorder following the 1929
crash gave rise to the New Deal just.
as siMilar disorder in 1890 gave rise
to Byranism anti in 1910 and 1912 to
Roosevelt's Square Deal and Wilson's
New Freedom."
Dr. Tenger pointed out that the
program of government in the last
fifty years has been one formulated
by the capitalistic or big-business in
terests and voted into power by the
great mass of industrial workers. The
so-called middle class has not been
particularly active in formulating po
litical programs because of their
fairly comfortable position and inher
ent conservatism.
"The depression has, however.
deeply affected this class," he said.
"Their 'savings and investment are
in grave danger. The New. Deal ap
peals to them as a means of escape
from an order that brought on the
crash of 1929. That is the reason
the-road program inaugurated by
President Roosevelt continue for
some time.
This is fundamentally a . middle
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