Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chancellor of Germany, one of his first moves was to order General Göring to go to Rome and there propose a militant lineup of Germany and Italy against Britain and France, "Fascism against Democracy." Il Duce at this time rebuffed the overture, urged instead a four-power agreement "for peace." Edouard Daladier, who was then Premier of France (as he is today), saw the opportunity and rushed to confer at Geneva with Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald. The snowy-haired Scot next dashed to Rome, some what as Neville Chamberlain was to dash to Berchtesgaden and to Godesberg...
Reticent about disclosing the nature of the agreement, sources from University and Lehman Halls intimated that the bargain struck with the labor unit was the result of a prolonged argument, originating in July...
...acts involving the lives of millions. With men saying good-by at railroad stations all over Europe, joining the colors with the strange, excited high good humor of people consciously risking death in great numbers, President Roosevelt suddenly drew attention to the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928. Under that agreement, nearly every nation in the world, including Japan, Italy and Germany, has renounced "war as an instrument of national policy...
According to an agreement made last spring, no date for a dance may be registered with the Dean in charge of outside activities unless it has been approved by the House Committee chairmen at their meeting...
...enormous responsibility of supporting the world's foreign exchange in order not to let the dollar go to a premium against currencies that would cut off U. S. foreign trade. Secretary Morgenthau refused to let this worry him. Declaring that the U. S. is standing by its tripartite agreement with Great Britain and France, he professed satisfaction with the way the U. S. stabilization fund was meeting the emergency...