Word: appointment
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Douglas Cater '45, Harvard delegate at the Congress, will preside at the forum and give a short resume of his experiences at Prague. From those who show interest at the meeting and leaders of various student activities, the Council will appoint a committee to decide definitely on Harvard's role in the International Union of Students...
...fact has been forgotten. The Constitution was inherited by the present Council. The first action yast spring of the newly-elected officers was to make preliminary plans for a revision of this now outmoded constitution. The first action of the Council this fall was to appoint a Constitution Committee, to study, report and draw-up plans for final ratification...
...stepchild of Truman's official family, life for Lew was embarrassing enough. As the advocate of labor inside the Cabinet, Schwellenbach's existence was frequently made miserable by labor's jealous family quarrel. Latest instance came when Lew let word get out that he planned to appoint a C.I.O. member to the International Labor Organization conference to be held in Montreal in September. Since Sam Gompers helped found the I.L.O. in 1919, the A.F.L. had furnished every delegate to I.L.O. conferences. As soon as he heard of the slight, crusty Bill Green got off a scorching, four...
George's phone in the White House would ring. Matt Connelly would inquire: "You think that fellow we were talking about this morning is all right to appoint?" Afternoons, George and Harry Vaughan and Harry Truman splashed around together in the White House swimming pool...
Back in 1939, Pan Am's directors, led by Board Chairman Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney, staged the first revolt. They had forced Trippe to give up some of his power, and to agree to appoint an executive vice president to take charge of Pan Am's flying operations. The peacemakers at that time were Colt and Morgan...