Word: businessman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...conference between the nation's highly individualistic No. 1 Businessman and its highly individualistic President has often been rumored before. Now that it was definitely scheduled it served to symbolize as dramatically as possible the conciliatory feelings toward U. S. Business which the President expressed in his Fireside Chat last fortnight. It also served to launch the U. S. press on a guessing game. Best guess as to why Gracie Hall Roosevelt-a onetime Comptroller of Detroit, who now spends most of his time in New York-had given the invitation was that the President considered it more tactful...
Returning to his home in San Francisco for his winter vacation, Sophomore Di Maggio puffed with pride, became a little businessman, played host to admirers in his café on Fisherman's Wharf. When the time came round to sign a contract for his junior year, Little Businessman Di Maggio refused $25,000. He thought he was worth $40,000-not a cent less. Remembering well that Yankee Babe Ruth once got $80,000 a year from Owner Jacob Ruppert, Di Maggio held out all through the spring training season...
...heart trouble and blood poisoning; in Seattle. Bristling supporter of powerful A. F. of L. Teamster Union Chieftain David Beck, he often admitted: "Dave Beck runs this town." Mayor on & off since 1932, he was defeated in this year's primaries, would have been replaced in June by Businessman Arthur B. Langlie...
...President's program which needed no further Congressional approval last week included such highly technical inflationary devices as desterilizing the $1,392,000,000 gold the Treasury has been hoarding for over a year and lowering bank reserve requirements. Closer to home so far as the average businessman is concerned were two other changes in policy: 1) to help small enterprises float security issues, SEC eased registration requirements for issues of $100,000 or less, reduced the amount of information necessary in small registrations; 2) to aid businesses which are unable to get credit under existing banking rules, Franklin...
...been in Athena, would have stuck his neck out to defend his old friend. But when Editor Carrough returns, and is asked to use his personal influence to lighten old man Norssex' stiff sentence, he keeps his neck as firmly in his collar as any other Athena businessman...