Word: cabineteer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...come to pass. In resigning this year from the Chamberlain Cabinet, because, in fact, the Prime Minister was constantly going over the head of Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden (as he now constantly goes over the head of Lord Halifax-who approves), Mr. Eden did something of great simplicity and courage...
...verified it and been assured that it was said seriously, I should not have reprinted the remark. I am sorry Mr. Hopkins is embarrassed by the publication, and I can well understand that it may cause special difficulties with the Senate if he is nominated to the Cabinet. But, since I know the informant to be accurate, and since his recreational associations with Mr. Hopkins are very close, I can only conclude that Mr. Hopkins has forgotten the incident, though he should easily recognize the consistency of the remark...
...Hungary last week the Cabinet fell (and rose again four days later) as a result of demonstrations in Budapest by grab crazy mobs who did not think that Hungary's 4,800-square-mile grab was enough. In Sofia, Bulgaria, grab fever rose high at week's end, the 19th anniversary of the Treaty of Neuilly. Through Sofia's streets day before the anniversary milled a defiant crowd of 20,000 who demanded land back from Rumania, Yugoslavia, Greece. Martial law was declared, firemen turned their hoses on demonstrators, 1,000 were arrested. Chances are that...
...last week it proceeded in the best authoritarian manner to nominate a President to succeed resigned Dr. Benes. Nomination (tantamount to election) was done by the National Assembly, now an impotent body in the control of the State Party for National Unity, which, in turn, is dominated by the Cabinet of Premier Jan Syrovy, the one-eyed general. Week ahead of time Czech newspapers announced that Dr. Emil Hacha, 66-year-old Czech jurist, would this week be unanimously elected by the Assembly...
Specifically, the veterans suggested that the general strike be postponed on condition that Premier Daladier convene Parliament, a move he has successfully blocked for several weeks, on December 6 for a full debate and a vote of confidence, a course which might prove disastrous to Premier and Cabinet. To this proposal the General Confederation of Labor's executive committee soon answered...