Current Events 
U. S. A. 
Cjj President Harding having signed the Fordney-McCumber Tariff 
bill, sentiment remains divided as to the ultimate benefits to be derived 
from this measure which proved a bone of contention for many months. 
Whether the bill’s flexibility will work out in practice is a matter that 
time alone can determine. CJ The Senate sustaining the President’s 
veto ot the Bonus bill, the country as a whole is relieved after the rest¬ 
lessness that obtained while advocates for and against the bill kept stir¬ 
ring up public opinion—which favored doing something for the soldiers 
and yet felt opposed to further burdens of taxation. CJ Industrial 
circles show a more optimistic spirit since the agreement between the 
operators and coal miners has resulted in relieving the fuel situation 
to some extent. At the same time the Federal Coal Commission warns 
consumers that, at best, there will be a shortage of supplies in view of 
the long strike and the big demand for coal with the approach of winter. 
CJ Federal Judge Wilkerson upholding the injunction against the Fed¬ 
erated Railway Shop Crafts, negotiations between some railroads and 
their former employees have in a number of instances resulted in the 
restoration of workable relations, and it is believed that before long 
the country’s transportation affairs will become normal. That the 
leaders of the railway men, however, intend to take the matter to the 
upper courts is foreshadowed by counsel for the defendants, who claim 
that Attorney General Daugherty exceeded his authority by asking 
for an injunction in the first place. CJ Considerable agitation took 
place in educational circles because of a statement by President E. M. 
Hopkins, of Dartmouth College, that “too many men are going to 
college.” The resulting controversy found opinion considerably 
divided, most educators agreeing that selection of students was fre¬ 
quently essential for their own good and future. CJ The establishment 
of a new review, Foreign Affairs is a notable event in international 
circles since those identified with the publication are among some of 
the most important personages in the United States. The chairman 
of the Council of Foreign Relations, which sponsors the new review, 
is John W. Davis, formerly Ambassador to Great Britain. Elihu 
Root is the honorary chairman, Paul D. Cravath is vice-chairman, and 
Edwin F. Gay, secretary. Archibald Cary Coolidge, professor of 
history of Harvard University, was chosen editor, with Hamilton Fish 
Armstrong managing editor. CJ Denying that he had resigned from 
the Supreme Court to become a candidate for the Democratic nomina¬ 
tion for the Presidency, former Justice John D. Clark in a statement 
declared that he would dedicate his life to getting the United States 
into the League of Nations. 
