Word: johnson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Laurence Sheldon Johnson...
Wink & Nod. Senator Hiram Johnson of California, the Great Isolationist, had been doing practically nothing for a fortnight but probing for such a commitment. He was specifically interested in a possible agreement between the U. S. and Britain already bound by the 1936 Naval Treaty and two of the "democracies" which Franklin Roosevelt has intimated may eventually have to take the totalitarian powers over their knees. In response to direct questioning, Admiral Leahy had denied point-blank the existence of such an agreement. So had Chairman Vinson of the House Naval Affairs Committee. So had Secretary of State Hull...
Best guess as to what had upset Senator Johnson's newly acquired composure was an observation anent Captain Ingersoll's trip by New York Times Columnist Arthur Krock to the effect that he was "expertly informed that, should it at any time serve the interests of the two great democracies, their Navies would automatically complement each other in the Pacific." Added Columnist Krock: "This is the kind of understanding that is hardly more than a wink or a nod, the sort of thing not Mr. Johnson or anyone else can extract from men's inner minds...
Later on, when Major General Johnson Hagood, retired, testifying before the House Committee, again lamented the absence of a clear statement of naval policy, Chairman Vinson interrupted with a reply that to some extent at least served to quiet fears that the Navy was to be used to help England police or challenge the world. He said that the bill itself would contain a "definite statement of what the fundamental naval policy of this country is," proceeded to read it. The bill defined the fundamental naval policy of the U. S. to be maintaining a Navy adequate to afford "protection...
Tonight the Harvard team moves on for a game with Toronto there. QUEENS HARVARD Poupore, f. f., Harding Williamson, f. f., Mechem Munro, c. c., Patrick Miller, d. d., Hicks McGinnis, d. d., Emerson McEwen, g. g., Johnson...