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Formerly the appointments of Red Book officials have been made by the class president, who is elected soon after mid-years. Now the council will appoint these officials in the middle of December, enabling competitions for minor positions to start the middle of January. In addition, the work of the board will be lightened by the fact that all the individual photographs will baxe by that time been taken. The Red Book will be issued as usual on the day of the Jubilee, leaving a total of four and a half months in which to do less work than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN BOARD TO PLAN RED BOOK | 11/3/1928 | See Source »

...refused to believe the report, but it came to the attention of President Coolidge. It seemed like stubborn insubordination to President Coolidge. He labeled it unconstitutional, an attempt of the "career" diplomats to make themselves a self-perpetuating group. He pointed out that the next President is privileged to appoint new diplomats even if the old diplomats do not resign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Oct. 22, 1928 | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

...belief that provision for a bi-partisan tariff commission promotes rather than eliminates politics. I would ask Congress to give me authority to appoint a tariff commission of five members from among the best qualified in the country to deal with the problem irrespective of party affiliations, with a salary sufficiently large to induce them to devote themselves exclusively to this important work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: On the Border | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

Bench. In 1921, a message pencilled on rough copy paper and signed "Gus," reached the Hon. William Howard Taft in Canada. It was from the late Gustave J. Karger, oldtime correspondent of the Cincinnati Times-Star. "Gus" reported that President Harding had just decided "to appoint Big Bill Chief Justice." Back to Washington he went, now far removed from the irrational bickerings of "practical men." Looking down from the High Bench, he beheld the "Best Minds" of the Harding era on the job, many of them from his native Ohio. When the Oil Scandals broke, there were no party ties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: Supreme | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

...Hooverizer of the East. Quoth he: "The ploughboy of the Eastern world goes West in a $1,000,000 special train to carry relief to the harassed farmers of that section. His remedy consists of a plea to give him a chance. His promise consists in a pledge to appoint a commission to tell him what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Senators | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

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