Word: envoy
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have the honor," began Mr. Herridge in a good round voice, "to place in your hands the letter by which His Majesty the King accredits me as his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to represent the Dominion of Canada in the U. S., and also the royal letter which terminates the mission of my distinguished predecessor, Mr. Vincent Massey. It is the earnest wish of His Majesty's Government in Canada that the harmonious relations which have long prevailed between the U. S. and Canada shall be maintained and strengthened. ... I look forward, Mr. President, to receiving your friendly...
Both men bowed again. The stiff nothings involved in presenting diplomatic credentials were over. President Hoover went upstairs to change his clothes, get back to his office. Minister Herridge, now an envoy in good standing, returned to his legation, started to pack for a trip to Canada where he will remain all summer...
...became Attorney General, in 1913 Lord Chief Justice and a baron, in 1915 president of the Anglo-French Loan Commission to the U.S., the next year a viscount, in 1917 High Commissioner and special envoy at Washington, and an earl...
...black, wealthy Charles E. Mitchell of West Virginia State College was at the U. S. State Department last week, conferring with Secretary Henry Lewis Stimson, preparing to sail for Monrovia as President Hoover's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the little black Republic of Liberia...
Hugh Simons Gibson, U. S. Ambassador to Belgium∙ and President Hoover's peripatetic "Envoy at Large," knows what it is to go through a peace conference with the public expecting more than can be achieved. At such times, he knows, Peace is Hell...