Word: chairmanning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Representative Wallace H. White Jr. of Maine, Chairman of the House Merchant Marine Committee, called at the White House. He told the President that much sentiment had arisen in the Committee to drop all radio legislation, to allow the Federal Radio Commission to go out of existence as an administrative body in March...
...principal cruiser-wishers are Senator Frederick Hale of Maine, sponsor of the bill and chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee, and Senator Claude A. Swanson of Virginia, ranking Democrat on the Committee. A large part of the Senate agrees with them that the cruiser is essential for the protection of U. S. commerce, that the Navy's lack of cruisers should be rectified. Extremists in this group, making a fetish of navies, are rankled by British and Japanese cruiser preponderance. They demand a navy equal to any in the world, consider possible wars with England or Japan...
...bearer of the invitation was Sir Esme Howard, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps at Washington, Ambassador of His Britannic Majesty. Present and also invited by the Powers was Owen D. Young, chairman of the General Electric Co., chairman of the Radio Corp. of America, chief collaborator with General Dawes on the original Plan. Officially Mr. Young and Mr. Morgan will rank as equals on the new Committee; but Mr. Young is expected to sit as chairman...
Owen D. Young himself is 54, became Chairman of General Electric at 47, was merely counsel for General Electric at 39, probably chafes at the knowledge he was as good a "Young Man" as Parker Gilbert at 32, but held down by old fogies. John Pierpont Morgan is 61, never had to climb, like onetime plowboy Young...
...three juniors and three sophomores be appointed by their respective classes. From this number a chairman should be elected. Let applications be distributed to members of both classes. All receipts above fixed expenses should be devoted towards favors and decorations. All surplus resulting should be divided between the two classes in proportion to the members from each class who attended the dance. Peter Bove...