Word: baruchism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fiscal position, for misleading a harassed Congress with bad estimates on receipts and expenditures. President-elect Roosevelt, it is known, wants the best possible man for Secretary of the Treasury to revive confidence in that department. The Press promptly pointed its long finger at white-crested Bernard Mannes ("Barney") Baruch. Mr. Baruch contributed $61,000 to the campaign. By rights the job was his. But Mr. Baruch, now 62. evidently does not want it or any other. He may prefer to be an informal dictator of Democratic policy from the Wall Street side lines...
...Republican receipts were $1,938,821, expenditures $1,960,290. Since Sept. 1 new Democratic borrowings totaled $130,000. Unpaid debts on the 1928 campaign included $125,000 to County Trust Co. of New York and $115,250 to John Jacob Raskob. Notable contributors since Sept. 1: Bernard Mannes Baruch...
...more businesslike than might have been expected. The outer rooms were festive to the point of turbulence, but Franklin Delano Roosevelt, sitting at a long table in an inner room, was not available to all comers. He received Al Smith. Jack Dempsey got in for a moment. Bernard Mannes Baruch (in silk topper), curly-headed "Sonny" Whitney (who had not won his race for Congress but was supposedly in line for a sub-Cabinet job), Boss McCooey of Brooklyn, President Sam Levy of the Borough of Manhattan-all such, of course, had access. But through all their cordialities and rejoicing...
...committee is Citizen Calvin Coolidge, from the directorate of New York Life. Said Mr. Bennett to reporters: "The country as a whole has a great deal of confidence in Mr. Coolidge. ... I believe him to be a level-headed gentleman." Other committee members: Alfred Emanuel Smith, Bernard Mannes Baruch, Alexander Legge, Clark Howell Sr. (publisher of the Atlanta Constitution...
...much thought and effort into his railroad speech. Its preparation began weeks ago in Albany. Baltimore & Ohio's Daniel Willard, Union Pacific's Carl Gray and William Averell Harriman had conferred with him on the subject. American Car & Foundry's William Woodin had contributed ideas as had Bernard Baruch, Wall Street's "White Eagle." Columbia's Professor Raymond Moley of the Roosevelt ''brain trust" had done his share of advising and researching. Circulated in advance among railroad men and bankers interested in rail securities, an early draft had received wide if silent commendation. The final address represented the composite thought...