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May 8, 1932
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RESERVE BANKS AND THE PRICE LEVEL.
The Goldsborough bill, instructing the Federal Reserve to put up prices to a level 49 per cent above the present aver age, has fallen flat notwithstanding the House vote of 289 to 60 in its favor. This was certainly not because the people at large did not wish for recovery it staple prices; it was because of immediate recognition that the objective stated in the bill was wholly unattainable through the means prescribed.
Germany Can Pay Them, but Will Creditors Be Willing to Accept Them?
Count Westarp, in feature article, says Germany can pay reparations if creditors are willing to accept payments and results of payments
Women Found Happier Than Men In a Test of Their Daily Emotions; Psychologists' Survey Puts Their "Happiness Quotient" at 68%, Compared With 64.7% for Men -- Correction of Wrong Habits in Children Explained.
Repts on happiness survey of men and women, to Assn of Consulting Psychologists
BERRY TELLS MAYOR 'HONEST' DEMOCRATS OPPOSE CITY GRAFT; 'Contemptible Practices' Will Not Be Tolerated, He Retorts to Attack by Walker. OFFICIALS NOW IN OPEN WAR City Financing and 5-Cent Fare at Bottom of Break -- Bid for Third Party Seen by Tammany. BUS WITNESS IS MISSING Seabury is Ready to Take Punitive Action Tomorrow if Man Hunted in Equitable Case Fails to Appear. WALKER IS WARNED BY BERRY IN RETORT
Berry, in reply to Walker attack, says honest Dems oppose graft