Word: letters
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Astute is the word for President Conant's letter to Alf Landon. We hope that "futile" will not also be applied...
...interesting point of the letter is not this view, it is the manner in which it is expressed. Mr. Conant does not argue the case for repeal. Once his opinion is stated, he drops the issue completely. What follows is an astute bit of mancuvering calculated to put Mr. Landon--and, of course, the embargo bloc as a whole--neatly on the spot. His words show a masterful knowledge of American political machinations...
...this President Conant foresaw, last week, when he wrote the letter. He knew that the fight would be one with no quarter asked or given. He knew that those who felt as he did would be at a disadvantage. And so he has made an attempt to introduce into the fight a few rules of fair play. He has appealed to the opposition not to present the issue as one of immediate war or peace. He has done the same thing President Roosevelt did at the outset of his message to Congress when he attributed high motives to his opponents...
Last week, when he had just about forgotten the galling incident, Golfer Nelson received an anonymous letter: "On September 3, during the golf tournament at Hershey . . . a lady in our party, one of my guests, unwittingly picked up your ball. She knows nothing about the game and did not realize what a lost ball means to a player. I did not learn about it until it-was too late. . . ." As he turned the page, three blue papers fluttered to the floor. They were three $100 money orders...
Week later, to 5,000 businessmen and editors 45-year-old Mr. Ogawa sent a persuasive letter: "My office stands ready . . . to provide any information. . . . Our files on trade . . . are comprehensive and complete." To 50 businessmen who had answered by last week's end, Mr. Ogawa and his six Japanese office helpers had a service to offer. No buyer of materials, like Russia's Amtorg, the Japan Foreign Trade Bureau proposed to act as a two-way middleman: not only to help Japanese dealers find markets in the U. S., but to help U. S. merchants sell...