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Show URGES SANCTITY OF CONTRACTS (Br tmtUM Preasl WASHINGTON. Feb. 16 t D. Duffield, president of the Prudential Life Insurance company heavy holder of farm and urban mortgages today told newspaper men he would insist before the senate finance committee that there be "no legislative legisla-tive Impairment of the sanctity of contracts." Duffield made no reference, however, how-ever, to any pending measures. The insurance executive, who appeared ap-peared before the , committee this morning in its survey of ways to bring back better times, will resume his statement this afternoon and go into the phase of private debts In detsll. Sens tor Couzens (Rep.), Michigan, and other committee members had Just started to ssk him about the debts when Chairman Smoot (Rep.), Utah, adjourned the session until afternoon, aft-ernoon, . , ..... Y |