Word: palmer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...proposed separation of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the Shipping Board (TIME, Jan. 14) was carried out, in modified form. Admiral Leigh C. Palmer was formally made President of the Corporation, at a salary of $25,000 a year, with power to operate the Government's fleet and full authority over the personnel of the Corporation...
This operation was carried out by a resolution of the Board delegating its powers to the Corporation. President Coolidge approved. Admiral Palmer approved, but made it plain that his approval was limited...
...Jones of Washington, Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee ; another was Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida, ranking Democrat of the same committee. The other two were members of the Merchant Marine Committee of the House. When the conference had concluded, Senator Jones announced that Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, U. S. N., retired, had been chosen head of the Emergency Fleet Corporation...
...there was any surprise in this announcement, it was not that Admiral Palmer was selected, but ratner what post he was selected for. It was known (TIME, Jan. 7) that Edward P. Farley was about to retire as head of the Shipping Board because of Senatorial objections. It was understood that the President was looking for a successor to him. When Admiral Palmer had been at the White House three times to confer with Mr. Coolidge it began to be rumored that he was going to be Chairman of the Shipping Board...
...unified control is to be placed in the hands of Rear Admiral Palmer who, during the War, served as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation and later as Chief of Staff of a division of the Atlantic Battle Fleet. After the War he resigned. He was made Shipping Board Director for Brazil. Of late he has been attached to the Washington offices of the Board. On Jan. 5 he was to have sailed for London to represent the Board abroad. Instead he stays to be dictator over the Government's shipping policy as no Chairman of the Shipping Board...