Word: power
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Next day brought suppressed fireworks. Secretary Mellon, of course, endorsed his subordinate's order and firmly pronounced it a matter in which the Department of the Treasury had no discretionary power. But this endorsement did not come until after Mr. Mellon had summoned Mr. Lowman to his office first thing in the morning and asked him about the "reciprocity" statement. Mr. Lowman announced that he had never made so stupid a mistake and said he would never presume to enunciate a Government policy. So, while the Department of State fumed with embarrassment and Frenchmen scowled in perplexity, the matter...
Farrington of Hawaii was in Washington last week to call on President Coolidge, confer with the State Department, refresh his memory of the capital whence comes his power, and to "talk up" Hawaii. He was asked (by pressmen) how he would like to be Governor General of the Philippines. Said he: "Why talk about impossibilities? I am building a house in Honolulu and I have a newspaper" there. I am perfectly satisfied where...
...Cabinet we considered Wilson's answer to the Boche. It really is a complete usurpation of the power of negotiation. He practically ignores us and the French. He won't treat with the Hohenzollerns?thus making sure of Bolshevism. He won't treat as long as the Boches sink ships and have other frightfulness. And he is sending a separate letter to Austria. And all this without consultation with his allies. We discussed all this, and I was strongly of opinion that we should go over to Paris at once and register a note to Wilson putting...
...Worcester Airport yesterday. A crowd of 40,000 people saw the races. A. U. Pabst 3L., starting from scratch in the lightplane handicap race, finished third, and won a cash prize of $125. Crocker Snow '26 flew in the handicap race for all planes of high horse-power, and finished fifth. In this same race, Fisher Ames 2L., flying his own plane, finished third. Ames, who is Vice-President of the Flying Club, also entered the race for high powered commercial craft with his own plane, and took second...
Said President Simmons: "The full power of the Exchange will be used at all times to punish evasion or suppression of any essential facts or data [in answering the questionnaire...