Word: departmental
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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A bureaucrat from way back, the new premier is not popular, has never held an elective office. His entire official career has been spent in the Department of Justice and the Privy Council. Both these institutions are surrounded by a forbidding wall of secrecy, are regarded by liberal Japanese as...
While in the Department of Justice the Baron, then plain Mr. Hiranuma, became notorious for harsh, even sadistic, persecution of persons harboring "dangerous thoughts," an official euphemism for any ideas critical of the existing order. In 1914 he founded the Kokuhonsha (National Foundation Society), the nucleus of the military-fascist...
Pressagent Straus runs his crew of ex-newsmen in PWA-Interior like a well-organized city staff, spurs them to dig up the kind of feature stories that newspapers are glad to get. Last week Mike Straus was pleased as punch over his latest job of pressagentry. From the slick...
> President Roosevelt, who regards the Roman Catholic Church as a potential ally in fighting democracy's battle, maintains contact with Pope Pius XI through the New Deal's good friend, George Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago-who might very well become Papal Nuncio to the U. S. should diplomatic...
Most impressive and significant event of the week was the light plane cavalcade of some 550 Pipers, Taylor Cubs, Aeroncas, mobilized by Major Al Williams and his flying staff of the Gulf Oil Corp.'s aviation department. On the opening day 325 of these little fellows flew into Miami...