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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scrubbing and whitewashing in Moscow's Moskva and Metropole Hotels. But the prospects for the meeting on which all of Europe's peace depends were not bright. The report to the Foreign Ministers, which the deputies turned in after a spell of predeadline frenzy, was largely a list of deadlocks...
...number of persons who have benefited by this service, since many sellers have neglected to remover their cards from the file after selling their books. Nevertheless, Lofchie estimated that well over a hundred volumes have found their way to new owners, while approximately 300 books still remain on the list of available texts...
...fare, $1,084) to Moscow. Then the Russians suddenly set a U.S. quota of only 20 (blaming it on the housing shortage). Last week the press was howling mad. In Washington a committee of correspondents spent three days trying to whittle down the press party, finally sent a priority list of 52 to State Secretary George Marshall with a strong protest against the "shockingly inadequate" quota. The New York Times and leftist PM, on the same side of the fence for once, suggested that the Russians either fix up some Quonset huts, or let the meeting be moved elsewhere. Even...
...List? But Prospective Groom McCloy was well aware that, among knowing Washingtonians, young Mr. Collado's increasing fondness for having his own way was generally looked upon as one of the chief reasons why Publisher-Banker Eugene Meyer quit the presidency two months ago. With backing from the National Advisory Council, the Government agency set up to watch over the big U.S. investment in the Bank (nearly 35% of its stock), Collado apparently felt that he was strong enough to get what he wanted-even if the president wanted something else. One thing Meyer especially feared was that...
...billions in securities needed to finance world reconstruction. Private bankers, lukewarm at best, had now cooled to the whole project. The World Bank's prestige had fallen so low that some Manhattan bankers talked about getting the unissued securities stricken from New York State's "legal list," i.e., the list of securities in which savings banks may invest...