Word: moley
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Citizen Roosevelt had no lust to gloat over the wintry country he was soon to rule. At his side sat little child-faced William Hartman Woodin, soon to be master of the greatest treasury in the world. At his side sat professorial Raymond Moley, raised from the classroom to the councils of the great, but they had few thoughts of pomp and circumstance. The ruthless pressure of events gave them time to consider but one hard fact: that in four days the bank deposits of twelve states had been seized by the frozen hand of Depression...
...Citizen Roosevelt called at the White House-to pay the visit of courtesy due on the day before inauguration. Courtesies passed-and were forgotten. What to do about the banks? Citizen Roosevelt sent for Professor Moley, President Hoover for Secretary Mills. Four heads were put together. Messages from Governors were urging a national banking moratorium. Citizen Roosevelt was willing the President should proclaim it. President Hoover was not. Should the Government guarantee 50% of all bank deposits? President Hoover was willing to send an emergency message to Congress. Citizen Roosevelt was not. An hour and a half passed. They parted...
...assist Secretary Hull in running the State Department, two names were prominent last week-William Phillips and Raymond Moley. Mr. Phillips is a longtime career diplomat. As envoy he has represented the U. S. in the Netherlands, Belgium and Canada, served two years (1922-24) as Undersecretary of State. He is a protocol (procedure) expert. Professor Moley, head of the Roosevelt "Brain Trust" has been the new President's chief adviser on War Debts since accompanying him to the first White House conference with President Hoover...
...tournament. Some one gave a party at which all the guests were costumed to represent theme songs. Mr. & Mrs. John North Willys arrived. The Henry Seligmans gave a party at the Café Marguery of the Bath & Tennis Club. Edward T. Stotesbury and Maria Jeritza attended. Professor Raymond T. Moley came to visit Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy. Joseph E. Widener and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney went to the races at Hialeah. The A. Atwater Kents entertained at dinner. The Chester Dales arrived. So did John Jacob Astor. So did the Edward F. Huttons. So did President Joseph Vincent McKee...
...meeting disbanded at 12:35. Off went Professor Moley of the Roosevelt "brain trust" to assemble preliminary data in the State and Treasury Departments for his chief. Secretary Stimson vanished to summon Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British Ambassador, tell him what had happened. On the train taking him South, the President-elect reflected with satisfaction on the Red Room conference. It was not up to him and his incoming Congress to see that, in the event the British burden of $4,398,000,000 indebtedness is eased, the U. S. would receive some compensating advantages. Possible bargains which...