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Show QUOTES "QUOTES QUOTESCOMMENTS "QUOTESCOMMENTS " " COMMENTS ON ONCURRENT ONCURRENT ONCURRENT CURRENT TOPICS BY BYNATIONAL BYNATIONAL BYNATIONAL NATIONAL CHARACTERSNEED CHARACTERS CHARACTERSNEED NEED FOR SCIENCEBy SCIENCEI SCIENCEBy SCIENCE SCIENCEBy I By DH DR KARt KARL . T . CO'IPTON COIPTON COMPTON CO'IPTONI'resldent COMPTONPresident COMPTONrrcsldcnl ' I'resldent Iresldent President ' Massachusetts Masqachusetts Institute Instltuto ot of otTechnology ofTechnology otTechnoloRy otTechnoloRy'T Technology TechnologyIT TechnologyIT 'T T ' SEEMS to me that what isneeded isneeded is IT , needed is a bilateral bIld.tc.ral bIldtc.ral bIldtcral . . program programfor programfor programfor for putting science to work for the thenational thenational thenational national welfare welfnre There Is needed needell on onthe onthe onthe the one side the co operation of ot the the"clenUtc thesclentlsts thescientists "clenUtc clenUtc sclentlsts " . , ; of ot the country generally , to ton toassist toa&sist toasist n assist & Sl'Jt SlJt ' the fcovcmment 1,0emment government 1,0\ 1,0 10 : , \ emment In putting the thework thework work \ ork of Its scientific bureaus on a ascnle ascale ascale scnle scale of ma maximum " ! : lmum efficiency and anll valueThere valueThere value valueThere There Is needed , , on the other hand handt , , 1 a rew pew type t pe of ot government lender&hlp lenderhlp leadership lender&hlpwhereby leadershipwhereby leadershipwhereby & whereby the scientific men of the thecountry thecountry thecountry country may be brought together togellier to tomake tomake tomake make an nn Intelligent IntelUgent and co ordmatel1 ordrnated ordmatel1lUnch ordrnatedattack ordinatedattack /lUnch lUnch attack / on the great gre'lt grelt ' problems which whichare whichare are facln facing the tbe country at those points points"hlch pointswhich pointswhich "hlch hlch which " science sclc.nce sclcnce . may olTer orrer offer hope of ul al ullelatlon allesiatlon ullevlation lelatlon lesiatlon , or solutionTHE solution solutionTHE THE STOCK EXCHANGEBy EXCHANGEDy EXCHANGE By Dy CHARLLS CHARLr.S CHARLrS CHARLES : . R GAY GAYOfficer GAYOmcer GAYOfficer Officer Omcer New York Stock ExchangeTHERE ExchangeT ExchangeHERE Exchange ExchangeUHERE HERE is a widespread mis mis- misunderstanding misunderstanding misunderstanding - UHERE THERE T understanding of the Exchange Ex- Ex Exchange Ex Exchange - change ; what it really is . It does doesnot doesnot doesnot not buy or sell securities securltIes . It does docs not notdictate notdictate notdictate dictate prices It Is Iq ' ! simply Imply a marketa marheta marhet- marhet market- market market - a meeting place pl1ce where members gatber gather gatherto gatberto to transact trans'lct translct trans'ict transict ' ' business buslnecs : ; In securitiea securities It ItIs ItIs Itis Is not a pilvate pllvate club . . It Is a national nationalInstitution nationalinstitution nationalInstitution Institution filling ftlHng a national need ot of otfir offirst offirst fir first t Importance . To It come the orders ordersot ordersof ordersof ot of those " who "ho ho ssho wish to turn cash Into Intoearning intoearning Intoearning earning power PO\\Cf PO Cf poser \ \ or securities Into cash cashand , , and the prices registered on our tick tickers tickers tickers ers are a composite of ot the tile hopes and andfears andfears andfears fears and necessities of ot the world's worlds world'ssecurIty world'ssecurity world'ssecurity worldssecurity ' securIty holders It Is a great liquId liquIdmarket liquidmarket liquidmarket market responsive to the needs of ot a agrent agreat agreat grent great nation It exists exI&ts exIts & because It ns fills nsa fillsa ] a , vital sital Ual need and because It Is equipped equippedto equipped0 \0 0 to \ 1 lender eoller service sefrlce serviceLIVING LIVING COSTSBy COSTSBy COSTS COSTSBy By PROP PROF . P . G KAMMERER KAMMERERNoted KA KAMMERERNoted nn RER Noted : ' oted Educator . DF IF THEvalue THE value of goldremains gold remains remainswhere remainswhere remainswhere where itas it ' was \as as \ as in February , 1933 1933and , and approximately where it is to- to tod1Y to today today - day d1Y In the free gold markets m'lrkets mlrkets ' of ot the theworld theworld theworld world , the cost of ot living Hvlng will ,111 111 B , Ill have to torise torise torise rise by about 50 GO per cent above what whatit \ whatIt hat hatit it is fs today before tlie the "slack slack " " represented repre repre- represented represented - sented by tlie the reduction In the gold goldcontent goldcontent goldcontent content of our dollar doll1r has been blen com corn completely cornpletely cornpletcly pletely taken t\ken t ken ' \ upIf upIf up upIf If , ho\\ ho howevei hoevel however \ evel . , as appears nppe'lrs nppelrs ' more like like- likeJY likely likely - - ly JY , thealue the \ value \alue alue clue of gold bold depreciates deprecl'1tes deprecl1tes ' to Its Itsl Its192G l 1926 2G level leve1 aflei aftel after the present crisis crisisstfmul1ted crisisstlmulated crisisstimulated stfmul1ted stlmulated and anll world \ worldwide orld wide \ Ide scramble scramblefor scramblefor scramblefor for gold has h'1s h1s ' subsided , then , when whenonce whenonce whenonce once the "slack slack "sl1d sl1d "sheik sheik " . " has h1s been complete completely completeIy Iy ly taken up , the tile cost of 11 living vlng \ will sill III lie be lieabont beabout beabout abont about 110 116 per cent higher than th'1n th1n ' It 1:1 11 is 1:1no isnow isnow : no\\ no now noLESS \ \ . , . LESS DOGMABy DOGMABy DOGMA DOGMABy By SIR WILFRED WH"FRED WHFRED " GRENI GRENrELL GRENrELLLabrador GRENFELLLabrador ELL ELLLabrador Labrador PhysicIanWE PhysicianWE Physician PhysicianTI WE TI youngVy E AREstj AREstill ARE still stj } ) a very young young"orId youngn n " "orIdand orldand uorld "orId orId orld and I believe that sti " weare e eI eare eare I are getting better . I think that re- re reI reII re religion - I 1 II ] ligion , lon Ion Is ! ) stronger tronger than th'1n th1n ' ever eser c , er , , e\ e een esen esenthough eventhough \ en enI enthough I though chin chl11 chinch ch cll attendance attend'lDce attendlDce ' ma may ) not In Inllicate Indicate indicate llicate dicate It . . ' There 'lhere lhere Tleere Is le less s today todav of both bothdogma bothdogma bothdogma dogma and "intellectual intellectual "lllteectu'1I lllteectu1I " ] ' " religion reHglon But Butthere Butthere Butthere there Is mOl moie moue e religion reHgion of the kind hind that thatcomes thatcomes thatcomes comes from tlie the heart , Instead of the thehe1d theBead thehead he1d Bead No Now " In science , for tor example , , no no1l0CtOl nodoctor nodoctor 1l0CtOl doctor . fifty fJtty years cars ears ago \ when hen science scienceas sciencetsas sciencewas \\as as tsas \ \ materialistic nraterlalistic materlall tlc dared to speak spe.1h spe1h . ofspiritual ot of ot"plrltual ofspiritual "plrltual plrltual spiritual " things thlngq No y c . , It if you ou \ want \ ant to tohear tohear tohear hear tlie the gospel go.pel gopel go'pel . ' spoken , , go to the theHo the1to3 theRo Ho 1to3 al Ac Idem3 idem lLlem } ) of Science . ANEW A NEW LOCARNOBI LOCARNOB LOCARNOBy LOCARNO . BI By B ) DR DB IIENR1K IIENRK IIINRl ; ] K GRUBIR GRUBER GRUBERPolish GRUBERPolish ; Polish Economist . DT IT IS Just because of the f l1lure failure failureof failureof l1lureof of the political Locarno that thatthe thatthe thatthe the nations feel they should come cometo cometo cometo to an economic Locarno Loc.1rno Loc1rno . as soon as pos pos- posslble pos- pos possible possible - - sible slble . If stablli/ation stablli ation stablll/1t1on stablll 1t1on stabiliiation / ' could be Le ar- ar arranged arranged ar arranged - - ranged today tod.lY todlY . it \ would \ ould be the beglUIllng beglunmg beginningof beglUIllngof beglunmgof of reco\ reco recoel rccoveiy recosety \ el y . , . ' Tlie 'Ihe Ihe 1iie question qllestIon of tariffs tnrlffs would ha\e ha e h1\e h1 hale \ to tobe tobe tobo be Included InclUlled In thegencla the ' \ agenda \gencla gencla To Today Toda a each eachcountry eachcountry 'ountr ountr country ( ' Is ( s in a n box . , surrounded surrounLlcd by tar tar- tarIff tar- tar tariff tariff - Iffallsan iff \\alls-an alls an wails-an wails \ walls - an ab&urd aburd ab.urd absurd & : . situation Eltu1t1on If one onel onen onecan onecan l can \n n ' \ onl onii only find a n w.iy wiy w \ , . to open tho thnt that t box boxthe boxthe bostlie the nations n1t1ons " will "Ill Ill be able to bi breathe breathemote bieatlieuioie enthe enthemOle mOle mote easily and nnd the circulation of ofvoild ofw w \ \ voild olld of id trade ss " would "ould ould ould stm stait start t ng ag agiln agilnFLOATING lin iin iinFLOATING FLOATING FORTRESSES FORTRESSESBy By SIR BOLTON EIRES-MOIsSEI EIRES MOIsSEI RES.MOZloSEI RESMOZloSEI ERES-MOrrSEIL ERES MOrrSEIL E1 ERESMOrrSEILBritish ] - . L LBrl LBrltl Brl British Ush h Na\al Na al Nla1 Nasal Nl\ Nl : \ \ a1 ExpertFE ExpertFEW Expert ExpertTEW FE\\ FE FEW FEpeople greatJT greatdefensIve TEW ? \ \ ' people realize the great defensive power that even our ourold ourold ourold old battleships have today againstair agamstair agamst against air attack uttacl\ uttacl uttaclThe \ TJie The battleship of tlie the fu- fu future fu future - . ture \ will m be a acntablc \cntablc cntablc seiitablo \ Cll table fortre fortress s of ot de- de deCense defense de defense - - fense Cense I am nm confident that battlesllhs battleships , battleships.tliough battleshipstliough ) . , though not necessarily ncle.S'11Ily ncle.S11Ily ncleS11Ily nece.satfy necesatfy . ' ' big ones , wlll will wlllremain willremain willremain remain the phots picots ph ot : . whercon wherlon whereon all nU our ourships ourships ourships ships will perform pei Vel form their histoilc hlstOllc hlstotlc func funs functlon funstion function tlon tion of keeping keciling open empire communi communl communications . cations l1t1ou : . an and ( ) making mal\lng mal lng \ a tremendous tremcndous con coil coiltribution contrlbutlon contributlon tranquilIty trlbutlon tribution to toward " 1rd the general eneral tranquil tranquillty tranquility lty ity of the \ v\orid v orid world \ 01 hi by making oui OUl our qU.1rter qU1rter quarter quarterof qU.1rterof . of tlie the glube globe safe s'1e s1e ' ( , . WAR PROFITSBy PROFITS PROFITSBy KINGProfessor KINGProCessor ICINGProfessor By WELPORD WILF'ORD WILFORD WDLFORD ; ' I , . KING ICING ProCessor Professor of ot ; Economics Iconomlc8 , . , Ne New NeVI > r Torte York _ ufc . , , UniversityIIERE University THERE UnIversityTHERE UniversityT T T grislyiand IIERE is something grisly grislyand grisly-i- grisly i I Iand - - andrepellent and repellent in 111 the thou thought ht htI htthat I ' 'that that ' that men sitting sitt111g safelyto safely in 111 to sWIvel sWIveleh1hs swivelchairs swivelchairs eh1h-s eh1h s chairs - sliould shoulll should imp llUP lull ) fortunca fortunes from u a uwar awar awar war In which whlth lvliiCh millions of as ns good goot ! or orbetter orbetter orbetter better men , , \ who sslio \ ho at aio e facing f.lcmg flcmg . the tilC lo loss ot of otlife oflife oflife life or lluib IImu limb , 01 of are sulTering BulTerIng suffering ( from rom ill diti ditiease illsease < , ease and \ wounds ounds , , are yet 5el1In ' selling theirservices thLir their thLirslrvlces theirservices slrvlces services for but Lut a few paltry duIllrS duIllrSa dull rrs rrsa iraa a month mouth r * b duIllrSI I |