Word: lothian
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...Lord Lothian spent three hours in conference with President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull, and emerged saying, "My discussion on conditions was optimistic-providing we get some help from you." Washington's mood about aid to Britain probably kept Lord Lothian from being too hopeful. The President had decided to postpone any attempt to repeal the Johnson Act to permit British credits until the next Congress meets in January. There were stories that President Roosevelt was becoming disposed to go slow on aid to Britain, possibly fearful that Britain might soon be past...
...week's end the amiable, rumpled Marquess of Lothian, returning to his post after a visit to Britain, stepped off the Atlantic Clipper at LaGuardia Airport, a dispatch case in his hand, England's problem on his shoulders. The British Ambassador told newsreels, reporters...
...dumped a new problem into Franklin Roosevelt's lap. After five damp days away from the telephone on the yacht Potomac, the President had worked three days in the White House, then had traveled to Hyde Park House for a four-day weekend. There, the day before Lord Lothian returned, he had told the press that the question of advancing credits to Britain had not yet been considered by the Government...
...Received the British Ambassador, Lord Lothian; Sir Walter Layton, editor, London Economist; Nevile Butler, Embassy counselor-who came to say "Britain needs more of everything, and quickly...
...means dull are Pearson & Allen's trained seals. Outspoken about wealthy industrial fifth columnists was Attorney General Jackson; blunt Lord Lothian adlibbed his eight-minute spot to eleven minutes in discussing Great Britain and the war. Pearson & Allen wind up each show with a rataplan of predictions and inside tips, which they are careful to make different from those in their column. Sample scoops: that Roy Howard was "the one exception" mentioned by the President in speaking of those who agreed to serve in National Defense; that Aluminum Co. of America would sign with the U. S. to produce...