Word: leadership
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...General Butler's sensational tongue had not been heard in the nation's Press for more than a week when he cornered a reporter for the Philadelphia Record and the New York Post, poured into his ears the lurid tale that he had been offered leadership of a Fascist Putsch, scheduled for next year...
...Union this evening at 7.15 o'clock, following the meeting of the science table for dinner. The topic of the discussion will be "Among Atoms and Galaxies." This will be the second of a series of round table discussions to be held every two weeks under the leadership of different members of the Department of Science...
Confronted with such a buildup, the Chambermen, smart for once, decided not only to play Roosevelt ball but also to assume leadership of the whole co-operative drive. It resolved that "utterances by the President encourage the belief...that he is receptive of suggestions for promotion of the common welfare." It pledged "fullest co-operation." It appointed a Recovery committee headed by none other than Silas Hardy Strawn, Chamber president under Herbert Hoover and die-hard New Deal critic. Within two days, the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, still pinching itself incredulously, found itself the leader of the whole current...
That the refusal is not based on educational grounds is made clear by the fact that four students are studying in Germany on Harvard grants at the present time. When the Hanfstaengl's scholarship was turned down it was because he was "closely associated with the leadership of a political party which has inflicted damage on the universities of Germany through measures which have struck at the principles we believe to be fundamental to universities throughout the world." Thus the donor and not the desirability of German education caused the rejection. Mr. Mellon seems to have allied himself with this...
...some Republicans, however, Senator Vandenberg appeared more of an opportunist than a liberal. For national party leadership this group suggested Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon who was not up for re-election this year, who took no part in the campaign. No standpatter, Senator McNary has placed himself adroitly half way between the Republican archconservatives and the Republican insurgents. Quick to seize last week's hint he proclaimed: "The Republican Party must have a program and it must be a forward-looking one. ... In my opinion it will keep the faith...