Word: mellons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mellon. "Take the case of Mr. Mellon : Ever since he became Secretary of the Treasury, it has been the custom of bankers to talk of the 'great sacrifices' he was making, and to express fear he might 'become disgusted' and quit...
...Those closest to him know Mr. Mellon not only isn't making any sacrifice but is having more fun than he has had in years. . . . Out in Pittsburgh, he was a sort of legendary figure. He was so completely protected by brothers, nephews and secretaries that no one outside of an exceedingly limited circle ever saw him. He appeared at no public functions, frequented no clubs, did no entertaining. He lived a hidden life and probably saw as few persons as any man in the country outside of a prison...
...younger and happier. The mere accumulation of money long ago lost interest for him. The acquiring of a reputation as a useful public servant does interest him a lot. Public service of some sort is all that is left to a man like Mr. Mellon. It may not be true, but it does not make him mad to say he is the 'best Secretary since Alexander Hamilton...
Announcement, last week, that there would be a current surplus of about $100,000,000 in the U. S. Treasury on June 30 made it safe to prophesy without peradventure that there would be further tax reduction in 1926. Mr. Mellon will probably leave the initiative to the Ways and Means Committee of the House, headed by Congressman William R. Greene of Iowa, thereby giving the Committeemen something to do in late summer and early fall and appeasing their pride-the pride of Congress which,a year ago, refused to swallow the "Mellon Bill," ready-made by the Treasury Department...
...town to Warren Gamaliel Harding, 29th President of the U. S., $800,000. Last week, it was decided to reserve $100,000 for landscape gardening, $100,000 for an endowed upkeep and to proceed at once to build with the balance. The design will be selected by Andrew W. Mellon, John W. Weeks, Charles M. Schwab. Mr. Mellon is an art collector, has Rembrandts and Cazins in his Washington apartment. Mr. Weeks and Mr. Schwab are not known to be extensive collectors...