Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Herbert Clark Hoover's contribution to the League of Nations' disarmament parley in Geneva was the new method which he personally devised to make possible an exact comparison between the fighting strengths of naval ships of different nations according to an algebraic formula (TIME, May 6). Last...
"The President desires me to express to you his satisfaction with the efficient manner in which you and the other members of the delegation have fulfilled your instructions during the sixth meeting of the preparatory commission for a disarmament conference.
"I wish to add my own appreciation of your excellent presentation of the views of the U. S. and the able manner in which you have contributed to the progress of the work of the commission and awakened new hopes of a practical means for the effective reduction of armaments...
Following the disclosures of Archibald Robertson Graustein, who told of International Paper & Power Co's investing more than ten million dollars in 13 newspapers (TIME, May 13), the Federal Trade Commission last week called two of the publishers who had been financed, to tell their story.
The Federal Trade Commission also planned to call two more publishers, two more paper tycoons. The publishers are: Frank Ernest Gannett, owner of 17 chain-papers, who distinguished himself a fortnight ago, not by announcing that International Paper & Power Co. had bought stock in four of his papers, but by...