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Foreign Affairs Committee Hears Further Witnesses on Calendar Reform

January 14, 1929
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Two witnesses appeared before the Foreign Relations Committee yesterday at the hearing on the resolution for an international conference on calendar reform.

A representative of the Berkshin Life Insurance Company, A. C. Washburn, favored the thirteen-month calendar ecause it would bring increased revenue to his company. Paul Wilson, representative of the Graton-Knight Company, Worcester, Mass., also advocated the thirteen-month plan. Mr. Wilson is a Baptist Sunday school teacher. The hearings will be continued.

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