Word: accept
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...must" list. Last week he discussed at press conference a letter which he wrote to Secretary of State Hull last month. The subject: Argentine canned corned beef. To Mr. Hull the President said that the Buy American Act* would not be violated if the Navy Department were to accept the bid of Argentine Meat Producers Cooperative (a Government subsidy) to supply 48,000 Ibs. of corned beef at less than 16?^ per lb., nearly 8? under the nearest U. S. bidder, 14? under after deduction of 6? duty. To correspondents Mr. Roosevelt declared that he did not know why South...
...meeting of Conservative Party women in London, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain used stronger words. He had chatted with former French Premier Leon Blum, who went over to London to try to persuade his British Labor colleagues to accept conscription. M. Blum had told Mr. Chamberlain what he considered the greatest danger of war in Europe today: the impression that Britain and France would not fulfill their promises. The Prime Minister told the ladies...
LONDON, May 5 (U.P.)-Great Britain informed Moscow today that at present she could not accept Russia's request for a military alliance with Britain and France...
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Phillips Brooks House is inaugurating today its final drive to collect old clothes for Cambridge families and textbooks for its library. In conjunction with this campaign, the P. B. H. canvassers will also accept books for the Chinese National Universities in Kunming...