Word: greenwood
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jubilated Liberal Pundit Harold J. Laski: "The three pivotal economic positions in the Ministry are held by Labor [War Cabinet's Greenwood, Supply's Morrison and Labor's Bevin]. Behind their occupants is the solid support of the trade unions. These are gains of an immense kind. They mean that Labor dominates the economic organization for the conduct...
With 256 out of the 485 votes cast by his classmates, Langdon Parker Marvin, Jr. '41 of New York City and Eliot House, led the field in the Student Council Junior elections. Head of the '42 list was Loren Greenwood MacKinney '42 of Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Eliot House, with 191 of the 489 Sophomore ballots...
...England. In return for this loan, Bank Governor Montagu Norman got: 1) a first mortgage on company receipts; 2) operating control. No longer boss of Richard Thomas, Sir William began taking orders from Governor Norman's new board, on which were the president of the cartel Viscount Greenwood, other old-line steel bigwigs, some of Richard Thomas' own competitors. Some of these were induced to resign last summer in favor of a "more representative" board, and the flush business of building Sir John Anderson's air-raid shelters postponed further disagreement until last month. Then Sir William...
...hang on with a majority of 81 in a House which is normally Conservative by 210. But for two long days stubborn Neville Chamberlain clung to his office while Adolf Hitler struck savagely at the Low Countries (see p. 22). Desperately Mr. Chamberlain appealed to Laborites Attlee and Arthur Greenwood and to Liberal Leader Sir Archibald Sinclair to join a National Government. But both Labor and Liberals were firm. Labor, with its 164 votes, though it could not command a majority, could write its own ticket with all Britain demanding national unity. And Labor, meeting in a Party conference...
...week's end Prime Minister Churchill announced his War Cabinet of five: Conservatives Churchill, Chamberlain and Lord Halifax, Laborites Attlee and Greenwood. For himself Mr. Churchill took the title of Defense Minister as well as Prime Minister. Lord Halifax kept his job as Foreign Secretary, Chamberlain was given the sinecure post of Lord President of the Council. Major Attlee became Lord Privy Seal, Arthur Greenwood Minister "Without Portfolio. Thus, the two new Cabinet members and discredited Mr. Chamberlain, though responsible for conduct of the war, were relieved of major administrative duties...