Word: primes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...speech was as notable for what it did not say as for what it said. No actual date was given for the calling of another naval reductions conference. There was no mention of Prime Minister MacDonald's proposed visit to Washington. Government operation of the coal mines was barely hinted. The only unexpected parts were the paragraphs referring to the appointment of a liquor commission, a sop to such ultra-dry Laborites as Philip Snowden; and a proposed commission to investigate proportional representation in elections, a peace offering to the Liberals...
...government of Gentlemen, the question of cabinet salaries was not important. To the Labor government of Ramsay MacDonald it is most important indeed. When they were in power five years ago, the Labor ministers pooled their salaries to help out the most needy among them. And last week Prime Minister MacDonald, whose first London job, at 19, earned him $2.40 a week for addressing envelopes for a bicycle touring club, announced in the Commons, in his capacity as First Lord of the Treasury, that he had increased the salary of Lord Privy Seal "Jim" Thomas, sharp-tongued onetime engine-wiper...
...Prime Minister $25,000 President $75,000 (plus $25,000 entertainment fund...
Followed a fanfare of trumpets. These military sounds in the House of God prefaced a great thanksgiving service for the King's recovery. Present in the Abbey were King George and Queen Mary, members of the royal family, Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, Ambassador Charles G. Dawes, members of the Diplomatic Corps and as many of the people of London as could crowd inside the doors. At the same time thanksgiving services were held in all other churches throughout the Empire...
White chinned Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré, facing the facts, insisted that the agreement be ratified at once, as written, without reservation. Like bilious children avoiding bitter physic, the Deputies fought against ratification and used the issue as excuse to shin-kick the Poincaré cabinet. Meeting outside to Chamber, both the Finance Committee and the Committee on Foreign Affairs voted to ratify the debt agreement provided that a reservation was inserted making France's payments to the U. S. conditional on Germany's payments to France under the Young plan. Patiently Premier Poincaré reiterated that this...