Word: counsels
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...British after the war's end, Best was brought back to the U.S. to stand trial for treason. When he was indicted in Boston, he ranted that the proceedings against him were part of a worldwide conspiracy against God and man, that he needed no other counsel than "the holy trinity of God: the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." Judge Francis J. W. Ford ordered a plea of not guilty entered...
When his court-appointed defense counsel asked him if he had intended to betray his country, he replied emphatically: "Certainly not. The idea never occurred to me." But the Government had already introduced a letter from Best in which he wrote to a Nazi radio official: "It would be well for you to emphasize the importance of my work for Germany in its fight against Bolshevism ... at the price of having myself branded as a traitor and exposed to the penalty of death...
...come a long way since we started," William G. Perry '35, Director of the Bureau of Study Counsel said yesterday, referring to the fact that the Bureau now advises over 1,000 students per year...
Public Relations Counsel...
...Connell Jr., 43, an old Government hand. He started work with the Government in 1933 as a public works attorney after he had worked his way through night classes at Fordham law school by selling plumbing equipment. He moved to the Treasury in 1938, became its general counsel in 1944, but quit last year "to provide for the financial security" of his wife and two daughters. He changed his mind about Government work, which he enjoys, because "I was flattered by the President's request and couldn't find any good reason for saying...