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July 15, 1930

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PRESIDENT OPPOSES TELLING FARM BOARD TO BUY MORE WHEAT; Administration Holds Legge and Aides Qualified to Adopt Any Program Needed. McKELVIE CALLS LAW A BAR Declares Board's Policies Have Aided Farmers, Preventing Even Lower Prices. SAYS BREAD IS TOO HIGH Grain Market Decline Makes No Difference in Cost to Consumer, He Asserts. No Decision by the Board. HOOVER OPPOSES WHEAT PROPOSAL Wants "Reasonable Proposition." Thinks Board Checked Break. Board a Year Old Today. Calls for Cut in Bread Price. Points to Miller's "Hedges." Changes in Live Stock Organization.

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Hoover reptd as opposed to instructing Bd to buy more wheat

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Notable Births

Jacques Derrida

1930Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (died 2004)[†]

Jacques Derrida was a French Algerian philosopher. He developed the philosophy of deconstruction, which he utilized in a number of his texts, and which was developed through close readings of the linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure and Husserlian and Heideggerian phenomenology. He is one of the major figures associated with post-structuralism and postmodern philosophy although he distanced himself from post-structuralism and disavowed the word "postmodernity".

1930Richard Garneau, Canadian journalist and sportscaster (died 2013)[†]

Richard Garneau, was a Canadian sports journalist and writer in Quebec.

Stephen Smale

1930Stephen Smale, American mathematician and computer scientist[†]

Stephen Smale is an American mathematician, known for his research in topology, dynamical systems and mathematical economics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 and spent more than three decades on the mathematics faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, where he currently is Professor Emeritus, with research interests in algorithms, numerical analysis and global analysis.

1930Einosuke Akiya, Japanese Buddhist leader[†]

Einosuke Akiya is a Japanese Buddhist leader. He was the fifth president of Soka Gakkai from 18 July 1981 to 9 November 2006. After his resignation from that position, he became the chairman of the Supreme Leader Meeting of Soka Gakkai in November 2006. He also had responsibilities in many Soka Gakkai's satellites (supreme advisor of Sōka University, honorary director of Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, and president of Soka Gakkai International.

Notable Deaths

Leopold Auer

1930Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1845)[†]

Leopold von Auer was a Hungarian violinist, academic, conductor, composer, and instructor. Many of his students went on to become prominent concert performers and teachers.

Leonora Barry

1930Leonora Barry, Irish-born American social activist (born 1849)[†]

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