Word: firming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...regular and enthusiastic subscriber of TIME I am a firm believer in the accuracy of its editorial content, but since its editors are human they may be expected to err-or to indulge their personal prejudices-occasionally...
...prove by concrete facts an ugly hook-up between the oil business and the U. S. Government. Last week the Senate Banking & Currency Committee had no such tangible mission. It was probing the whole intricate subject of private banking, with the House of Morgan as Exhibit A. Against that firm was no specific charge of wrongdoing. Official corruption was not even hinted. Unquestioned was the personal honesty of its 20 partners. Yet the House of Morgan and all it stood for in U. S. economic life were as definitely on trial before the committee and the country* though defendants...
...created by his practice of eliciting just enough evidence to put the ugliest possible face on a given set of facts. Thus, once he had brought out the information that Banker Morgan & Partners paid no 1931 and 1932 income tax, he was ready to drop the subject. The firm's witnesses had almost to fight their way to the stand to get published, many editions later, the explanation of why no tax was paid, and how they had paid large taxes in previous years...
...Connecticut's G. O. P. Boss John Henry Roraback. The only "friend" revealed as having turned down a Morgan offer on ethical grounds was Board Chairman Edward Grant Buckland of New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. Partner Whitney made a spirited defense of his firm's practice on the ground that its beneficiaries were willing and financially able to risk possible losses, did not have to borrow to buy, were not likely to dump their holdings for a quick profit and thus unsettle the market...
Questioned yesterday as to the cost of expanding the parking field behind the Business School to accommodate 700 cars, a reliable firm of landscape contractors in Boston said that the maximum price would be $400. The present space which accommodates about 300 cars measures roughly 150 by 100 feet so that an addition to accommodate cars of College students as well would mean grading 20,000 square feet. Since the University maintain a large maintenance staff the work could probably be done for a good deal less...