Word: andrews
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...other indigenous U. S. building materials began to be routed last week to a parklike strip between the Capitol and the Potomac which Washington calls The Mall. A contract had just been signed to erect a vast $6,000,000 colonnaded building for the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Were Andrew William Mellon more the Napoleon and less the patrician, he might, as he scanned Architect James A. Wetmore's plans, have thought: "This should be named the Mellon Building." For it was under him (though not because of him) that this department has expanded from an obscure to almost...
...Since Alexander Hamilton" is a phrase which may well jumble the dreams of Andrew William Mellon. What the sidewalks of New York were to Alfred Emanuel Smith. "... since Alexander Hamilton" is to Mr. Mellon. He almost never dines publicly without it. His perpetual, though flattering, subordination to Hamilton arises, of course, from the fact that Hamilton was a political philosopher as well as a financier. Last week Secretary Mellon narrowed the gap between himself and Hamilton by laying down certain principles of government: Responsibility. "A stable government must rest upon the confidence of its people. High administrative offices must...
...other sure thing is Secretary of the Treasury: Andrew William Mellon. Long exploded is the nonsense that businessmen sacrifice themselves when they take public office. Mr. Mellon has enjoyed being Number One finance man of the world's richest country. After one year under President Hoover, he will be 75, and may retire with the record of having graced three administrations. There are eight other cabinet positions. At least eight men were last week recommended for each of them. Mr. Hoover enjoyed listening to the fine things that were said about all of them. Mr. Hoover was neither stiff...
Round 7. The mighty house of J. P. Morgan & Co. was authoritatively said to be advising clients to support Mr. Rockefeller Jr. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon insisted that the Mellon interests were neutral, when a Mellon-Stewart rumor persisted...
Forrester-Andrew Clark '29, of Boston, has been appointed class agent of the Harvard Fund, it was announced by the Fund council last night. Clark, who is third marshal of his class, played tackle on the eleven for three years and captains the polo team and the crew. He will send out the first appeals to 1929 on March...