Word: adjourned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...After which they will adjourn so that George V can open Parliament on Nov. 21 with the Cabinet's autumnal declaration of policy, the Speech from the Throne...
When these speeches have been given, President Conant will ask for A. Lawrence Lowell '77, president emeritus of the University, to address the meeting. Following the singing of a hymn, the gathering will adjourn to the Faculty Club for luncheon...
...Eager to adjourn, the House virtually ignored two soldierly British textile champions. "The yellow peril is now upon us in a far more insidious form than war!" cried Lieut.-Commander Frederick W. Astbury. "Unless the Government can take immediate action every calico print ing plant in Lancashire will be closed within five years...
...King stood when he opened this Conference of 66 nations." Princess Ingrid saw only rows of empty seats and three charwomen dusting them off. "But where is the Conference?" she cried. "Surely there is more to see than this!" Next day, as the Conference quietly disintegrated rather than adjourned, there was even less to see. White-mustached Italian Finance Minister Guido Jung had hopped into a plane and gone back to Rome. Knife-featured French Finance Minister Georges Bonnet had caught a Channel boat for Paris, remarking politely not upon the fact that the Conference statesmen had almost completely disagreed...
...London meanwhile his great good wisher News Pundit Walter Lippmann was publicly giving him this free advice: "The Conference Should Adjourn. . . . The essential facts are quite clear. The United States will not stabilize its currency until a sufficient rise in prices has been achieved. The gold countries will not consider a, devaluation of their currencies or an inflationary policy. The British Government are unable to take a decisive position. . . . To safeguard his [domestic] program the President has wisely rejected all proposals which would interfere with it. He has not been afraid to deadlock the Conference. Why should he be afraid...