Word: conforming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Before the Committee reported, Secretary Mellon appeared before it. He told the Committee: 1) That the agreements with Latvia, Esthonia, Czechoslovakia and Roumania conform with only slight variations to the form of the agreement established when the British debt was funded. 2) That some concessions were made to Belgium on her pre-Armistice debt. 3) That in the case of Italy substantial concessions had to be made because her capacity to pay was small; the full principal of the debt is to be paid, but interest will vary during 62 years from ?% to 2%. He called attention...
...Navy the recommendations are similar but with slight variations to conform to the different organization of that service. Instead of representations on a "general staff" it is suggested the naval aviators should be represented in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations and in the Bureau of Investigation; flying officers with general naval training should be placed in command of aircraft carriers, etc., and flying officers should be given general training as much as possible without detaching them from flying duty; no prejudice to a man's promotion should be caused by reason of his devotion to flying...
...have, of course, every desire to conform completely to diplomatic usage, and if you advise me that diplomatic usage in a case of this kind requires me to accept Count Porta's version of the occurrence, notwithstanding the statement to the contrary of the State police officer and three reliable witnesses, then I shall be very glad to consider again the question of returning to Count Porta the $30. These witnesses say he paid by way of compensation for the damage...
Rear Admiral Billard has written that he has changed the title of his address, though the subject matter of the talk will conform to the title announced in October. The old title "Sea-fighting Along Rum Row" has been changed at the Rear Admiral's request to "Peace and War Service--the United. States Coast Guard." "I am entirely in accord with your thought," Rear Admiral Billard has written the Union in discussing his address, "and it shall be my purpose not to touch at all upon any principles of prohibition. I shall rather try to interest the young...
...Committee to cultivate and encourage these Sub-Committees, to develop their advisory functions as far as possible, and to support their recommendations on any matter that does not infringe on the general policy of your Committee Insofar as their recommendations affect only the sport in which they act and conform to the general policy of your Committee and the University, your Committee believes these Sub-Committees should have the fullest discretion...