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Word: agreement (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Miller, Nicholas Murray Butler, and Elder Statesman Elihu Root. To the Governor's proposals Mayor LaGuardia had a ready reply, which he delivered two days later with good humor but with equal vehemence: "It is difficult to find a distinction between the conditions of [the bankers'] agreement and any equity receivership. ... It imposes upon the city an additional . . . $57,000,000 amortization . . . and an interest rate which may be as high as 6%-an unreasonable price in the present money market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES & CITIES: Lehman v. LaGuardia | 1/15/1934 | See Source »

...Albany days make us realize that the quoted remark of Walter Lippmann about a pleasant gentleman who had no important qualifications for the Presidency was not completely wrong then. Presidential treatments of last June's compromise on veteran's cuts and of the abandonment of the tariff agreement bill, as well as the abdication of the vital tax issue on the recovery bill are all glossed over a bit, though not seriously...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 1/12/1934 | See Source »

...heartily in agreement with the President's fundamental policies," said Walter Lippmann '10 in an interview with the CRIMSON yesterday. "Under his leadership the two things which have made England successful in weathering the depression have been done in the United States, the currency has been put on something like a parity with the currencies of the rest of the world, and a strong and energetic government has been given us. Some of the details of his program do not appeal to me particularly, but there is every reason to think that we are on the road which leads...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lippmann Favors Roosevelt's Basic Policies In Belief That Economic Recovery Is Assured | 1/9/1934 | See Source »

...Mayor LaGuardia, Mr. Lippmann said, "There is some doubt in my mind as to the constitutionality of the bill La Guardia drew up, but in principle he is perfectly justified in his demands. He must retrench and balance the budget. He can not increase taxes because of the bankers' agreement, and he can not cut salaries because of the special legislation which binds his hands. The balancing of the budget will be impossible unless he is at liberty to change the character of the administrative service. A great many of the jobs for which the city of New York pays...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lippmann Favors Roosevelt's Basic Policies In Belief That Economic Recovery Is Assured | 1/9/1934 | See Source »

...city of Cleveland mailed a check for $4,068 to John Davison Rockefeller Sr. as a penalty for selling two strips of Rockefeller Park, exchanging another strip for a piece of land belonging to the Catholic diocese, in violation of its agreement with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 8, 1934 | 1/8/1934 | See Source »

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