Word: pierson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...theme of the Chamber's convention, chosen by President Lewis Eugene Pierson, was "Teamwork for Prosperity." The speakers spun many a variation thereanent, on competition (War), Federal regulation (Politics), commercial integrity (Ethics). Secondary to these considerations were the speeches on economics. The high point of the week came when the Chamber passed a resolution occasioned by the Rockefeller-Stewart controversy in the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana...
...summary follows: HARVARD 1931 ST. GEORGE'S Johnson, Seeger, r.f. l.g., Breasted Dutton, l.f. r.g., Roberts Foshay, Mahady, c. c., Dean, Heeren Farrell, Seeger, Brinkley, r.g. l.f., Roby Seeger, Foshay, Rox, l.g. r.f., Pierson...
...Chamber of Commerce received another Presidential frown. Rebuked for insisting on a tax cut nearly double what the Administration considers safe, Banker Lewis Eugene Pierson of Manhattan, president of the U. S. Chamber, announced last fortnight that three-fourths of all Chambermen favor the U. S. assuming the entire cost of Mississippi flood control instead of 80% of construction costs and 90% of realty costs as recommended by President Coolidge (TIME, Dec. 5, Dec. 26). Last week President Coolidge said that while some of the U. S. Chamber's activities are "helpful", others are not. He said he understood that...
...There came another attack on administration policy from the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. Lately rebuked for its insistence on a large tax cut (TIME, Dec. 5), the Chamber announced- at least its national president, Banker Lewis Eugene Pierson of Manhattan, announced- that more than three-fourths of all U. S. Chamber men* believed the Federal Government should bear the entire cost of Mississippi flood control. In his message to Congress, President Coolidge had mentioned 80% of flood control costs as a more-than-generous portion for the Federal Government to bear...
...nautical names such as "Anchorage," "Galleon," "Moorings," "Armada." * Mrs. Pearcy F. Eames of Manhattan and Mrs. E. S. Rochester of Washington. * For a description of how the U. S. Chamber's referendum on tax-cutting was taken in at least one city, see LETTERS, p. 2. Chamber-President Pierson announced last week that a flood control referendum was taken among all the 1,500 local Chambers of Commerce by sending them the recommendations of a committee of engineers and business men who surveyed the Mississippi flood area this autumn. Accompanying the recommendations was a list of arguments against them...