Word: parkers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rather than Banker Morgan & Partners the real target of the tax uproar was seen to be the capital gains & losses provision of the Revenue Act. For the House of Morgan that provision came into play for tax reduction purposes when on Jan. 2. 1931 S. Parker Gilbert was about to be taken into the partnership. As usual, the old partners sold the business to the new partners by a revaluation of assets which showed a capital loss of $21,000,000. By apportioning this among the partners, they were all legally able to show the Treasury that their income...
...inquisitor was swarthy Lawyer Ferdinand Pecora, counsel for the Committee. At his side, prompting him continuously, was his own chief counsel, courtly, white-crowned John William Davis, onetime Democratic nominee for President. Ranged about the room were various of the 20 Morgan partners, Thomas W. Lamont, George Whitney, S. Parker Gilbert, many another. And against the wall, guarding the trunkful of records, stood dapper junior members of the House of Morgan...
...drama portraying the Sino-Japanese situation from September 1931 up to two weeks ago. The characters ranged from that of Sir John Simon which was taken by A. N. Holcombe '06, professor of government to that of the Guatemalan delegate to the League which was portrayed by G. H. Parker '87, professor of Zoology...
...will play Belgium's Hymans: G. G. Wilson, professor of international Law, will play France's Briand; and L. J. Johnson '87, professor of Civil Engineering, will be Sir Fric Drummond. Professors A. N. Holcombe '06, E. V. Huntington '95, F. L. Kennedy '92; B. O'Brien, G. H. Parker '87, C. W. Putnam '11, and P. S. Wild will have roles in the dramatization...
...most potent reason for taking the course however, is the brilliant lecturing of Professor Parker. The lectures are interesting from seven minutes after nine until ten; at no time does one wish he were still slumbering peacefully in his bed, nor is he tempted to slumber in his seat. Many non-concentrators have called him the best lecturer in College; certainly one must go far to find anyone so genuinely amusing and at the same time informative...