Word: chamberlaine
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was in such an optimistic mood one day last week that he called in the political correspondents of a large part of the British press, swore them to secrecy, then gave them an extended lecture on how bright were the prospects for peace. Next day papers all over the United Kingdom told how "political circles" in London thought Italian demands against France could easily be satisfied; that an international trade revival was on its way; that in many little ways official Nazi Germany had been acting quite decently to Britain; that even a general disarmament conference...
Following up Mr. Chamberlain's unofficial hints, Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare conjured up an even glossier picture of peace prospects. He saw five men-Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Edouard Daladier and Neville Chamberlain-getting together to sit down at a disarmament conference table and "transform the whole history of the world."* Said Sir Samuel...
Nations, even continents, have moods. For weeks Europe's has been blue. Last week, following the lead of Mr. Chamberlain's wide smile, democratic Europe displayed a happier-than-usual face...
...Senate Librarian from 1931 to 1935, now assistant administrator of the archives of the U. S., 63-year-old James D. Preston is a familiar figure to Washingtonians. An accomplished woodworker, he has designed the sets for most recent Gridiron Club shows. A ringer for Neville Chamberlain, he impersonated the British Prime Minister in the last Gridiron show with no make-up except an umbrella. Last week Jim Preston's long and honorable career reached an appropriate climax. He accepted an invitation to go to Hollywood as technical adviser on Director Frank Capra's forthcoming Mr. Smith Goes...
Critics of the Munich settlement have had ample opportunity to crow in the last few days. Apparently, their worst fears are being realized. But there has been too much denunciation of Chamberlain and not enough realization of one fundamental fact: time is on the side of the democracies. If, last September, Germany and Italy had at least three times as many effective fighting planes as England and France combined; if Germany's monthly output was greater in almost the same proportion; and if, at the same time, England had plans to double her fleet and equal Germany in planes...