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July 8, 1931

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HOOVER WEIGHED REVISION OF DEBTS; Castle Tells of Work, Begun May 1, to Devise and Put in Effect World Relief. HAILS LONDON PARLEY STEP Washington Expects Stimson to Aid in Adjusting Plan and to Further Disarmament. Waited for European Action. HOOVER WEIGHED REVISION OF DEBTS Must Still Look to Congress. Started on Idea Early In May. Castle Gives Full Story. Formulated Plan June 5-8. Conferred in Indianapolis. Statement by Department. Experts' Action Separate. Would Defer Repayment Longer. Bankers Ready to Aid.

By Richard V. Oulahan. Special To the New York Times

On Hoover war debt plan

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PRIVATE VIOLATOR LEFT TO 'CONSCIENCE' IN WOODCOCK PLAN; Dry Enforcement Chief Also Relies on 'Education' as a Means of Ending Drinking. NO TRUCE ON BOOTLEGGERS Good Policy and Necessity Dictate Drive at CommercialViolator, He Says. FORECASTS BIG CAMPAIGN Every Offender Should EventuallyBe Caught, He Declares inRadio Address. Would Not Annoy the Innocent. Holds All Bootleggers "Fall." 'PRIVATE' VIOLATOR LEFT TO 'CONSCIENCE' Earning Public Respect. Qualifications for Service.

By Special to The New York Times

Woodcock describes enforcement problems

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NEW STALIN POLICY GALVANIZES RUSSIA AS REFORMS BEGIN; Big Factories Take Lead in a Graduating Wage Scale and Re-Creating Individualism. WORKERS ACCLAIM CHANGE Shop and Party Meetings Vote Backing to "Chief" and Hail Fresh Incentive to Toil. MAIL POURS INTO KREMLIN Both Peasants and the Educated Throughout the Soviet Voice Adherence to Stalin's Plan. Reorganizing of Labor Projected. Spontaneous Rallying to Stalin. NEW STALIN POLICY GALVANIZES RUSSIA New System Already Under Way. Stalin Remains Impassive. Class Long Under Suspicion. Commission Studied Situation.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

MOSCOW, July 7.--The now widespread currency of Joseph Stalin's speech promulgating a "new economic policy" for Soviet Russia, permitting an "unequal wage" and removing restrictions on the intelligentsia, is having the force of an electric stimulus and is generating a ...

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