Word: elliott
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Twice the President miscalculated. Richard Nash Elliott, a bald, chunky Republican of 65 who served Indiana in Congress for 14 years and was named Assistant Comptroller General by Hoover in 1931, automatically became Acting Comptroller. At first he was accounted an amenable stooge. Of Mr. McCarl's dogged devotion to duty, he amiably remarked: "Times and conditions change...
...guts to do it, to send tariffs sky high, and to clamp on import quotas, we could still break Japan and save China," declared William Y. Elliott, professor of Government, in a discussion of "Economic Sanctions in American Diplomacy" at Leverett House Common Room, last night...
...More than that," Elliott added, "If Japan Cracks, Germany and Italy, the other members of the 'unholy trinity,' would be much easier to deal with, although they are not in as vulnerable an economic situation as Japan...
Suggesting that it is best to meet the devil on his own ground, Elliott favored preparedness, and a renewal of the fighting spirit. "The defeatism in the air will kill democracy; by cracking these systems, we can save it. We don't have to accept the inevitable war on Hitler's terms...
Kent Bartlett and his orchestra will provide the music for the Kirkland House Christmas Dance on December 9. Dancing will be from 8 until 12 o'clock. Thomas F. Gladwin '39 is chairman of the Dance Committee and Elliott H. Phillips '40 will be head usher. The other ushers are: Joseph Frank '39, John '40, Neil Rawlinson 3G, and Francis M. Simpson...