Word: davises
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The wants of Secretary of Labor James J. Davis were speedily attended to.-Ed.
For almost six months it had been expected; quidnuncs had talked of it confidently for many weeks; conservative correspondents had spoken of it with confidence for several days. So when it happened there was no surprise. John Wingate Weeks resigned as Secretary of War. Dwight Filley Davis, Assistant Secretary, was...
Dwight F. Davis, 46, the youngest member of the Cabinet, came out of the Middle West. He was graduated from Harvard in 1900. In those days he was a great tennis player, No. 2 on the U. S. list of singles players. He gave the Davis cup, which year by...
"According to the unanimous opinion of Army officers he is one of the great War Secretaries of modern time, ranking with Elihu Root. ... In spite of my own promotion, I sincerely share the universal regret at his resignation."-Dwight F. Davis.
MacNider. As one steps out an-other steps in. President Coolidge appointed Hanford MacNider, of Iowa, onetime Commander of the American Legion (1921-22), to succeed Mr. Davis as Assistant Secretary of War. He is even younger than his new superior, is only 36. Like Mr. Davis he is a...