Word: brothers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...York's brisk, bouncing Representative John J.. O'Connor, elder brother of Franklin Roosevelt's former law partner Basil O'Connor, led the House fight which killed the President's Reorganization Bill so enthusiastically that last week his picture adorned the cover of Social Justice. This paper is edited under the guidance of Father Charles Coughlin, whom Mr. O'Connor two years ago was promising to kick publicly from the Capitol to the White House. Last week, the Reorganization fight over, Franklin Roosevelt invited Mr. O'Connor to the White House...
...Morgan & Co.) why he had told nobody about it when he learned last November that Broker Richard Whitney was not only insolvent but also guilty of using customers' funds illegally. When his partner, George Whitney, came to him to borrow $1,082,000 to help his brother Dick "out of a jam," explained Mr. Lamont. "I moved as my heart dictated." It did not occur to him that it was in any way his responsibility to inform the Exchange or anybody else-even though both J. P. Morgan and his son Junius have Exchange seats. Asked Banker Lamont: "Would...
...wasn't on my conscience," snapped Thomas Lamont. "I had faith that Richard Whitney, despite what he had done, would come through in character all right. I was glad his brother had gone to his rescue. His brother had faith in him. Everybody had faith in him. . . . We have been very sorely mistaken...
...point in his testimony, Mr. Lamont became so upset that he made a reference to "my brother, George Whitney," but corrected himself with a gesture of annoyance, saying he meant "my partner...
...with J. P. Morgan & Co., his brokerage business apparently went from one financial crisis to another. In 1926 he was so hard-pressed for funds that he hypothecated the funds of his wife's trust fund for a firm loan, subsequently repaid it. In 1929 his brother lent him $500,000. In 1930, same year he became president of the Exchange, Richard Whitney began misusing securities of the New York Yacht Club. By 1931, Depression had nicked him so badly that he used his position as a director of the Corn Exchange Bank to get an unsecured loan from...