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Senator Wheeler had trouble getting at the Stock Exchange's private files until last week when that institution suddenly swamped him with so much material that he had to adjourn for a week to digest it. Before adjournment, however, he unearthed a memorandum to the Exchange's listing committee from John Minor Botts Hoxsey. its listing expert. Last week the Stock Exchange honored Mr. Hoxsey by making him a full-fledged member of the listing committee, invited him to sit in on meetings of the governing committee. It appeared from his writings, however, that the Exchange could have...
Spiciest bit was a memorandum found in the files of George F. Baker, Chairman of Manhattan's First National Bank, which Senator Wheeler read into the rec ord. It related a telephone conversation in March 1935 in which Harold Stanley, then a Morgan partner, told a vice president of the First National that "the Van Sweringens, heretofore having drawn no salaries from the enterprises and for some time having been living on their insurance, are up against it to provide for living expenses. They estimate their joint require ments to be $150,000 a year, the principal items being...
...power to route freight plays a significant part in U. S. business. Inserted in the I. C. C. record last week was a memorandum written to a New York Central official complaining that Sears, Roebuck & Co. was switching freight forwarding patronage from New York Central's Universal to the Van Sweringen-controlled National Carloading Corp. Reason: Central bought no Sears, Roebuck paint...
Back in the Attic on his desk the Vagabond has memorandum for a really big day tomorrow. Tomorrow the Vagabond puts on his seven-league boots and winged helmet and does a superhuman job of Vagabonding. At nine he listens to Crane Brinton, Harvard 5, on "Rousseau." At ten to Professor Nolte, Sever 7, on "The Age of Enlightenment". At eleven to Professor Arthur J. Nock, Harvard 2, in History of Religions 1, on "Zoroaster". A well balanced metaphysical diet...
Personal interviews between candidates and the secretaries are scheduled for December 17 or 19, according to the state. Application blanks and the Rhodes Scholarship Memorandum for 1936 can be obtained from Mr. Matthiessen, whose office hours are N-21 Eliot House from 2.00 to 2.30 o'clock Mondays and Wednesdays. He advises all candidates to read the "Oxford Handbook" on reserve in the Widener Reading Room...