Word: chairmanship
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Stop Roosevelt? Chicago started fill ing up with Democrats even before it was emptied of Republicans. "We'll put on a show that will make the Republican shindig look like child's play," boasted Jouett Shouse, Washington headquarters director and candidate for the convention's permanent chairmanship. What promised to make the Democratic show thoroughly exciting was the paramount question: "Can Franklin Delano Roosevelt be stopped short of the nomination...
Roosevelt men did not attempt to deny the facts as stated by Mr. Shouse, though they realized they put their candidate in a bad light. The convention would open with a test of strength on the permanent chairmanship which a majority would decide. The Roosevelt managers were sure they would have that majority and were therefore primed to ride roughshod over all opposition...
After Samuel Insull's gigantic utility empire began to crack up (TIME, April 18 et seq.), people thought the bankers would keep the Dean of Utility Operators to help them salvage the wreckage. But last week 73-year-old Samuel Insull resigned from the chairmanship of his three finest operating properties, Commonwealth Edison Co., Peoples Gas, Light & Coke Co., Public Service Co. of Northern Illinois. Said he: "Due regard for my health necessitates my retirement. . . ." He also re-signed as one of the three receivers of Middle West Utilities, subject to court approval. But La Salle & Wall Streets, noting...
...from Stockholm. He was brought to the U. S. when very young; his father, Dr. Johannes Walter Wilhelm Hoving, is a prominent Manhattan physician. Although he has been out of college (Brown) for twelve years, friends always recall his college record when asked about him. The record includes a chairmanship of the promenade committee, four years as a football centre. After working for an insurance company and then an importing concern, Mr. Hoving entered Macy's "training school" in 1924. Once he was asked to make a report on linoleum for a vice president and did so well...
...gobbled control of Fox at a crucial point in its history. Last autumn Mr. Clarke was relieved of the presidency, made chairman. In his place was put his good friend Edward Richmond Tinker, also friendly with Chase National Bank (TIME, Nov. 30). Last week Mr. Tinker assumed the chairmanship and Mr. Clarke resigned, remaining as a director. With General Theatres in receivership, control of Fox now rests with Chase National rather than with G. T. E. and Mr. Clarke...