Word: fours
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Capitol Hill scurried ECAdministrator Paul Hoffman, who had spent anxious months justifying the appropriations. To Republican Leader Joseph Martin and Republican Tightwad John Taber, Salesman Hoffman made an urgent, timely appeal. The cuts, warned Hoffman, would embarrass Secretary of State Dean Acheson at the Big Four conference in Paris. Hoffman's proposition: let the cuts stand, but let ECA come back for more at the end of 13½ months instead of the 15 months originally intended...
...Four years later, Franklin Roosevelt remembered helpful Louis Johnson, the loyal Legionnaire, with an appointment as Assistant Secretary...
Indicted with Bridges were two of his . International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's lieutenants. They are Texas-born Vice President J. R. ("Bob") Robertson and German-born Henry ("The Dutchman") Schmidt, who is currently running Bridges' four-week-old tie-up of Hawaiian shipping...
Walter learned of his brother's injury from a radio bulletin as he was riding home from a union session, accompanied by two bodyguards, in the armored car the union recently bought for him. At Redford Receiving Hospital he comforted 37-year-old Vic while the doctors pumped four pints of blood into him. "Remember, Vic," said Walter, "how you held my hand a year ago. Now I'm holding yours. Keep fighting, Vic, keep fighting." Vic mumbled, "Look after the kids . . . and Sophie." At Henry Ford Hospital, where he was transferred a few hours later, doctors...
Taking his cue from the Hoover plan for Government reorganization, President Truman last week created posts for four new Assistant Secretaries of State (one of which was offered to Bunche), giving the department eight in all, and two new posts labeled Deputy Under Secretary. Biggest switch of all was the 'appointment of George F. Kennan, top U.S. policy planner on Russian affairs, to the key post of State Department counselor, replacing Charles E. ("Chip") Bohlen, who is now No. 2 man in the Paris embassy...