Word: counseled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...about national defense. He said: "Perhaps no nation stands so much in need of a recognition of this necessity for armed protection as does the United States, and perhaps no nation has, since the warnings of Washington, turned so resolutely away from its serious consideration Let us remember the counsel of the Yellow Knife Indian-'It will be time enough for the warrior to throw away his gun when the squaw casts away her papoose...
...least half of the clients this fall have been members of the University, all of whom have been given legal advice and counsel without charge. The remainder of the clients have been largely from the City of Cambridge...
...resignation which President Coolidge did accept was that of Owen J. Roberts, Philadelphia lawyer, as special U. S. counsel in the oil scandals. Lawyer Roberts' business was suffering because the Congressional resolution under which he was appointed forbade him to serve any client whose case had to be taken up with any branch of the government. President Coolidge sympathized and said: "I want to express my gratitude to you on behalf of the government for the fidelity and energy with which you have prosecuted these cases." Actions still pending against Oilman Harry Ford Sinclair and Albert Bacon Fall were...
...were as eager for the portfolio of Secretary of State. Few were as well qualified by experience. Ever since his college days at Amherst, Robert Lansing's sphere of interest had been worldwide. At 28 he was associate counsel for the U. S. in the Behring Sea Arbitration. Later he represented his country in more international controversies than any other living man. As Under Secretary in 1914 he was the real functionary in Washington while Secretary William Jennings Bryan preached Pacifism throughout the country. Once Mr. Lansing was aroused from bed to digress on international law. It was held...
...mighty Anaconda itself which carried the Carson case, last August, to the U. S. Supreme Court. Chief Counsel Charles Evans Hughes argued earnestly that side-charging furnaces had been used before the Desert Rat won his patents. Dubious, the Magna Copper Co. of Ari zona did not wait for the decision, settled last fortnight with Carson's backers for $75,000 and an arrangement for future use of the patents. And last week, the Supreme Court briefly denied Anaconda's petition. Holding the battle at length won. the Carson Investment Co. announced that only the labor of accounting...