Word: counseled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Confirmed the nomination of Henry P. Fletcher, Ambassador to Belgium, to be Ambassador to Italy. ¶ Adopted a House resolution appropriating $100,000 for expenses of special counsel in investigating oil scandals...
...Confirmed by vote of 59 to 13 the nomination of ex-Senator Atlee Pomerene, Democrat of Ohio, as special counsel for the Government in the oil scandal...
...name of Silas H. Strawn, of Chicago, chosen by the President as special counsel in the oil cases, was withdrawn after opposition to confirming his nomination developed in the Senate. His fault was that he was a Director of the First National Bank and First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, which are depositories of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The withdrawal eliminated both of the prosecutors originally named by the President-the other attorney, Thomas W. Gregory, of Texas, having retired (TIME, Feb. 11) when it became known that he had once accepted a fee from a group...
...place of these two men President Coolidge nominated as special counsel former Senator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio, Democrat, and Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia, Republican. After a lengthy debate, Senator Pomerene's nomination was confirmed, 59-13. Those in favor included 34 Republi-cans and 25 Democrats. Those opposed were chiefly the radical group- Brookhart, Frazier, La Follette and Norris, Republicans; Ashurst, Dill, Sheppard, Stanley, Walsh (Mont.), Wheeler and Adams, Democrats; Johnson (Minn.) and Shipstead, Farmer-Laborites. The so-called Presidential candidates of the Senate-Underwood, Ralston and Hiram Johnson-were none of them present and voting. Roberts...
...President Coolidge signed the resolution empowering him to employ special counsel to investigate and prosecute the case. He named Silas H. Strawn of Chicago and former Senator Atlee Pomerene of Akron as counsel, subject to confirmation by the Senate. In a letter to the Senate he took exception to the preamble of the resolution which declared that there were indications of fraud and corruption, and he stated that any guilt must be determined before a proper court...