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...Lakin letters involved others, apparently, besides the President. He had engaged Major General Enoch Herbert Crowder, retired, onetime Ambassador to Cuba, as an assistant lobbyist. Wrote Lobbyist Lakin...
...General Crowder has written a fine memorandum on this subject [limitation of Philippine sugar imports]. He has also learned that the plans of the General Staff provide that in case of war any attempt to keep a traffic lane open between the Philippines and the U. S. would be promptly abandoned. . . . We plan to use this information . . . to the best advantage...
...President Coolidge designated Col. Noble Brandon Judah, Chicago lawyer, to succeed Major General Enoch Herbert Crowder as U. S. Ambassador to Cuba...
Major General Enoch Hebert Crowder, lately retired U. S. Ambassador to Cuba, was a very good diplomat. Modern diplomacy, especially between the U. S. and Cuba, is more a matter of business than bons mots. U. S. investors pay two-thirds of Cuba's wages. U. S. markets absorb 80% of Cuba's exports. In addition to keeping these business relations smooth, General Crowder could often say "I know" about Cuba's private affairs. He aided in electoral reforms, in a financial crisis. To replace General Crowder in Cuba, some one was wanted who could keep smooth...
...Italy Henry P. Fletcher, onetime (1915-27) Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama, Lawyers Morgan J O'Brien of Manhattan, and James Brown Scott of Washington, D. C., President Ray Lyman Wilbur of Stanford University, Director-General of the Pan-American Union Leo S. Rowe. Whoever succeeds Enoch Herbert Crowder as U. S. Ambassador to Cuba was also to be a delegate. And if he can manage it, President Coolidge will...