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April 19, 1931

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STIMSON DEFENDS CHANGE IN HIS NICARAGUAN POLICY; DISTURBED BY OPPOSITION; SEES MISINTERPRETATION Secretary Stresses That Campaign in Jungles Is Natives' Duty. MODIFICATION IS EXPECTED Diplomats Think Britain Would Make Firm Demands if an Emergency Arose. LONDON REACTION AWAITED Senators Assert Decline in Our Latin-American Business Caused Shift. Explanation Issued to Public. Unanimity Lacking in Congress. Diplomats Not So Confident.

By Special to The New York Times

Sec Stimson maintains it is not involved in present policy in Nicaragua

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FEDERAL BUREAUS PUT IN ALL STATES TO HELP FIND JOBS; Secretary Doak Sets Up System Similar to That Planned by Senator Wagner. JOHN R. ALPINE ITS CHIEF F.I. Jones of New Jersey Is Director General--R. H. Koch Heads the New York Office. HAS $785,000 ALLOWANCE Will Cooperate With State and Local Bodies--Has Seven Sections for Trades. Like Vetoed Plan of Wagner. Fund of $785,000 Available. FEDERAL BUREAUS TO HELP FIND JOBS Director for Veterans Service. General Officers Under Doak. List of State Directors.

By Special to The New York Times

Apptd N Y S director of Fed Employment Bureau

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1931Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist and author (died 2004)[†]

Walter Douglas Stewart was an outspoken Canadian writer, editor and journalism educator, a veteran of newspapers and magazines and author of more than twenty books, several of them bestsellers. The Globe and Mail reported news of his death with the headline: "He was Canada's conscience."