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Besides the routine of office, his calendar calls for consideration of a number of important matters. He must appoint a " dirt farmer " member to the Federal Reserve Board because of the death of Milo D. Campbell three weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: A Crowded Desk | 4/14/1923 | See Source »

Some of Mr. Harding's vacation friends have suggested (in all seriousness) that he appoint a "Director of Administration Publicity" with a rank of an assistant secretary of an executive department...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: A Ballyhoo Man | 4/7/1923 | See Source »

...March 24 of Senator Samuel D. Nicholson of Colorado deprives the Republicans of another vote in the next Senate. In the new Congress the Republicans had, until the death of Senator Nicholson, 53 Senators; the Democrats, 42; and the Fanner-Laborites, 1. Governor Sweet of Colorado, who must appoint a successor to Senator Nicholson, is a Democrat sponsored by the Nonpartisan League. Senators Ladd, Frazier, Shipstead, Wheeler, Howell, Brookhart and La Follette were also sponsored by the League. Consequently it is expected that a radical Democrat will be appointed to the vacancy caused by Senator Nicholson's death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: Majorities | 3/31/1923 | See Source »

...over to R. H. Schacht. Both departments, however, are to work in cooperation under D. LeB. Sweeney, who is the general business manager. There will be only one sub-chairmanship awarded, instead of two, but at the end of six weeks, the men in charge of the competition will appoint approximately ten men who will become members of the committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RED BOOK DIVIDES ITS BUSINESS DEPARTMENT | 3/30/1923 | See Source »

Many attempts at reunion since the Civil War have failed. But the Con- ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church held in Des Moines, in 1920, appointed a committee on reunion, and asked the Southern Methodists to do the same. The two committees have worked out a plan which will abolish the word " south" from " Methodist Episcopal Church, South," incorporate the two branches of the church into one legal body, appoint one General Conference, and two Jurisdictional Conferences, one north and one south. The General Conference is to be supreme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Southern Church | 3/10/1923 | See Source »

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