Word: membered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ickes), high-grade political go-betweens (Keenan, Niles, Son James) and smart lawyers (Jackson, Corcoran & Cohen). Among the President's original close advisers last winter were left only two economists, Adolf A. Berle Jr. (who resigned last fortnight†) and Leon Henderson, now attached to the Monopoly Investigation, member of the commission whose report last week on consumer incomes (see p. 59) is red-hot campaign ammunition. Only other original close adviser left was politically cautious Postmaster General Jim Farley. He distrusted the Purge idea. When that idea had taken root in the President's imagination, the Janizaries...
...form and flavor of the old literary magazine. For their adherence to tradition, their circulations have stagnated while others in the group gained new readers by compromise. Scribner's, now published by Harlan Logan, has become bigger in form, brighter in tone. The American Mercury, never a group member in good standing, has achieved new fame as a pocket-size mouthpiece of reaction...
...grandson, Henry George Stebbins Noble, took over his seat. He in turn was elected to the presidency, was at the tiller in 1914 when the torpedoed Exchange went into drydock for four and one-half months. Last week, at 79, he was the Exchange's oldest member in point of seniority (56 years), had been on its governing committee longer than any other man (37 years), was one of its few authors (The New York Stock Exchange in the Crisis of 1914 and The Stock Exchange: Its Economic Function). Author Noble blames depression on wars, says that to blame...
...method of making the program jibe with Secretary of State Hull's reciprocal trade agreements. Asked at his press conference about Henry Wallace's statement that differences between the two departments had been ironed out, Cordell Hull replied curtly: "I think comment from one Cabinet member is sufficient...
...Record Player, which could convert any radio into a practical, high-fidelity phonograph. If, argued Advertising Manager Joyce, more Record Players could be sold, everybody who owned a radio might catch the itch. Upshot of this idea: the Victor Record Society. Membership (at $14.95) in the Society, entitled the member to a $14.95 Record Player and $9 worth of Victor records. It also included a subscription to the Victor Record Society Review, whose pages dangled constant temptations before the eyes of the budding collector. Last week the Victor Record Society, now 23 weeks old, was luring members at the rate...