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...flare up again. Both Governments were mad. Peru accused Ecuador of provoking an incident to force a settlement by the other American nations. Ecuador thought Peru was trying to settle the dispute by pure force. In Washington, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Bogotá diplomats hastened to proffer their good offices, hoping that at this time, of all times, the Americas would not get to fighting among themselves. But while statesmen took counsel together, 15,000 people marched through the streets of Quito, waving flags, stood bareheaded before the statue of Simon Bolivar and sang the Ecuadorian national anthem...
...pessimism of professionals sprang from simple instinct. They had not wanted Willkie in the beginning. But for nine weeks they had tried to show him loyalty, proffer their service and support, make suggestions, consult. Some of them had been waved in & out of Colorado Springs for a smile, a handshake, a drink. Many -like William ("Bill") Ditter, chairman of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee-had never been consulted at all. Others-like Henry Fletcher, the Republicans' general counsel, who had gone to Colorado Springs with a 14-page legalistic essay on how the G. O. P. could get around...
Hilarious scene: Nick's underworld friends bringing their babies (about two dozen) to sing Happy Birthday to Nick Jr. When they proffer baloney, salami, beer and pop for refreshments, Nick sends for ice cream. "It will be up in a minute," he says. Queasy Nora's ageless comeback: "You're telling...
...occasion was the fourth annual convention of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce under the New Deal. Most of the delegates devoutly hoped it would be the last. In 1933 the Chambermen meekly accepted the President's personal proffer of a "partnership" between Government and Business. A year later they were already so scared by the implications of that partnership that President Roosevelt wrote a testy note telling them to stop crying "Wolf!" Last year he not only failed to send his greetings to the assembled Chambermen but conspicuously publicized his opinion that they no longer voiced the real...
Speaking for operating companies rather than holding companies, the Edison Electric Institute remained discreetly inconspicuous long after President Roosevelt opened his frontal attack on the power industry. Not until last winter, after the President had rebuffed a "friendly" proffer of cooperation, did the Institute unmask its batteries. Last week before 1,200 powermen assembled at Atlantic City for the Institute's third annual meeting, President Thomas Nesbitt McCarter uprose to keynote: "If the Government persists in its attitude, it is up to the industry to fight for its life. The kid-glove stage has passed...