Word: bribed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Mexican general "to make his life more pleasant" to a citizen of Honduras who "always gets permits because he advances money to public officials including the President himself" a 4% commission to Chinese officials on a Chinese powder purchase. This a du Pont official admitted was a bribe, adding "it is an old Chinese custom." The State Department, which knows that such customs in China, Latin America or anywhere else will not be changed by official indignation in Washington, sees nothing to be gained by arousing the wrath of the foreigners with whom it must deal daily...
...Bribe v. Penalty- One subject for debate before the President's speech last week was how the Federal Government, its hands tied by the Constitution, could bring about unemployment insurance. One school advocated Federal grants to States to encourage them to set up insurance plans. Another advocated the scheme proposed in the Wagner-Lewis bill last winter: Let the Federal Government tax payrolls and remit the tax to employers who contribute to State unemployment insurance funds. When the President declared against financing the program by taxes he virtually ruled out the first alternative. Last week his advisers considered recommending...
Rumor has reached me that the osculatory bribe was used to inspire a Cushing Academy team before its game with Deerfield. I am told that Miss Davis is an alumna of that institution, which fact alleviates somewhat the reprobation. If my information is correct, you underrate Miss Davis's charms; Cushing won the game 34-0. Sidney L. Eaton...
...firm had paid "palm oil" to Comptroller General Lopez of Bolivia, protests continued pouring in. Within a few days Secretary Hull had no less than 15 on his hands. Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper announced that it had been reported to him that Latin Americans, sensitive about bribe-taking, would cancel all U. S. trade contracts unless the Senate investigation was conducted more privately. Chilean Minister of War Emilio Bello Codesido announced that no U. S. bids would be considered in the next purchase of aviation material. Senator Nye, after a conference with Secretaries Hull and Roper, tried...
...scandal that never withers is Rumania's hardy perennial that munitions are sold in Bucharest on a strict basis of bribe-as-you-go. Disclosures of the week concerned the deal with Skoda, Czechoslovakia's Munitions Trust, which backfired when General Zika Popescu of the Royal Rumanian Army put a bullet through his brain (TIME, April 10, 1933). Just what had been at stake General Cihofhi of the Royal Ordnance Service volubly revealed to a Parliamentary committee last week...