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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When he left England in 1921, Mr. Davis took up the law once more. He entered the Manhattan law firm which is now Stetson, Jennings, Russell and Davis. By that there hangs a tale. This firm acts as counselor to J. P. Morgan & Co. On this keynote do the anti-Davisites of the present Presidential campaign sing their chorus of "Wall Street and Big Business." Early in the campaign one of his supporters wrote to Mr. Davis suggesting that he drop his corporation connections for political reasons. Mr. Davis replied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: This Davis | 7/21/1924 | See Source »

Friendly, courteous, firm, the note is brief and its principal contents, it was authoritatively stated, express dissatisfaction with Secretary Hughes' reply, and affirm Japan's intention of keeping the Immigration Act of 1924 an open question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Reply to Reply | 7/7/1924 | See Source »

...misunderstood. This is no reflection upon any investigator who in good faith is seeking to expose crime or any other defection among public servants. The guilty individual, whether he be high or low, Democrat or Republican, must suffer the severest punishment. Upon this proposition the Republican Party stands firm as a rock. Yet let it be known that guilt knows no party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: At Cleveland | 6/23/1924 | See Source »

...been cited as the cause of many curious happenings. The latest story of the masked order to circulate in business circles is to the effect that it had organized a systematic boycott of Sears, Roebuck & Co. through the small towns of the South and West, because of that firm's predominantly Jewish ownership and management...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Sears, Roebuck | 6/16/1924 | See Source »

Last April the latter firm did over half as much business as its larger competitor, while in May last it did 40% of the combined business of the two firms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Sears, Roebuck | 6/16/1924 | See Source »

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