Word: cabineteer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Majesty, shortly before leaving London by special train, perturbed the Cabinet by sending for Percy Malcolm Stewart, the uncompromising Scotsman who, as Commissioner for the Special or "Distressed" Areas, wanted to spend so much money on them that his resignation was accepted by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. The fact that His Majesty went to South Wales straight from consulting Scotsman Stewart caused the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Neville Chamberlain, to arise in some perturbation and tell an audience at Leeds...
...Lord Stanhope, the Cabinet's First Commissioner of Works, was understood to hint that His Majesty's Government think they may soon have to impose highly unpopular Army conscription when he guardedly told Their Lordships. "I am bound to admit that under present conditions of service the volunteer system is obviously in grave danger...
...What possible confidence can be placed in Germany's signature to agreements?" asked the Leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, Laborite Clement Attlee. "Are there any more agreements which are likely to be denounced over the week end?" To this reminder that the Nazi Cabinet are accustomed to time their hammer blows to fall while the British Cabinet are taking their accustomed long week end off, no reply was made by Week-Ender Eden, and this week the Cabinet actually met on Sunday...
Fourteen first year men were chosen to form the Freshman Committee of the Phillips Brooks House, at the regular meeting of the cabinet last night...
Appointment of ten Faculty members, alumni, and students as members of the committee in charge of the operation of Phillips Brooks House for the current academic year was announced Saturday. This committee is responsible to the Corporation for the conduct of the Association's activities by the cabinet of student officers and by the social service committees...