Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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That afternoon he had had a secret conference with Old Paul von Hindenburg (still head of the German State, still able, technically, to demand the resignation of Chancellor Hitler) to which not Foreign Minister Baron von Neurath but Nazi Minister of the Interior Dr. Wilhelm Frick was the third party. Now he had to write a speech that was not for Germany alone, but for the entire world to hear. Hours passed, the door remained locked. At 4 a. m. the tired secretary emerged to say that the first draft had been completed...
...According to League of Nations figures, France possesses of airplanes in service 3,046, Belgium 350, Poland 700, Czechoslovakia 670 to which are added . . . thousands of armored cars, heavy guns . . . poison gases. . . . Has not Germany more right, in view of its defenselessness and lack of weapons, to demand security than the armed States interbound by coalitions? . . . Germany is ready to join any solemn non-aggression pact . . . and is ready immediately to endorse . . . the American President's magnanimous proposal to put up the powerful United States as a guarantor of peace...
...government's offer is flatly refused. Spain is not with you. We demand that you get out. and we will continue our tactics...
...long periods Banker Morgan took his ease, answering routine questions for the record. Yes, Drexel & Co. in Philadelphia was a Morgan affiliate and yes, there were two houses abroad, Morgan & Co. in Paris, Morgan, Grenfell & Co. in London. Yes, Morgan & Co. always paid interest on demand deposits and yes, he supposed the private banks would profit from provisions in the Glass bill forbidding national banks to do the same thing. The rate of interest on deposits in the Morgan bank had been as high as 2½%, now is about one-half of one percent, conforming to the New York...
...record one more subject of intense curiosity, the articles of copartnership in the House of Morgan, showing exactly how responsibility and profits are divided. Mr. Davis insisted the articles were "strictly private." The issue was dropped for the moment but later in executive session the committee decided to demand to see the articles...