Word: bonneted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...When we sent M. Herriot to see Mr. Roosevelt," tersely remarked French Finance Minister Georges Bonnet, "it was the same with...
...vain knife-faced French Minister Georges Bonnet fumed. Waiting for the President, he missed the Golden Arrow De Luxe Express to Paris, missed all the afternoon expresses and finally left London at 11 p. m. to toss all night on the Channel with a cabinet meeting in Paris scheduled as soon as he should arrive...
According to leaks from the parley, Salesman Cox said to Prospect Bonnet: ''I can show you that your fears are groundless. Here, my good friend, let me put all my cards on the table and explain. You do not understand America's position or what she is trying to do. The United States is having its first taste of prosperity in three years. That cannot be jeopardized...
Seemingly Mr. Cox, in assurances which were not revealed, gave M. Bonnet further to understand that, for the duration of the Conference at least, President Roosevelt proposes to keep U. S. prices up and business activity mounting by threatened rather than actual inflation. Finally M. Bonnet agreed to postponement of monetary stabilization while the Conference tackled other matters. Perspiring Mr. Cox swung open the committee room door, broke the good news to Scot MacDonald who broke off his nervous pacing, shook hands all around...
...Little Setback." To digest the U. S. fiscal and tariff policies stated by Messrs. Cox and Hull several Continental delegates, notably M. Bonnet, flew home to their capitals. Meanwhile the dollar lost some four cents more of its value, dropped to the equivalent of 77? gold. Rumors that this decline might jar loose the stabilized franc, plus London comment that the U. S. tariff proposals offered little more than pious hopes, plunged Conference journalists into such gloom that Prime Minister MacDonald decided to go among them radiating Scotch cheer...