Word: publico
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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First disinterested name to float from the judge's office was that of a modest, softspoken, pro-bono-publico millionaire. Johnny Hanes had left Wall Street to serve as liaison between business and the New Deal, first as an SECommissioner, then (until last December) as Undersecretary of the Treasury. He had quarrelled with many New Dealers, was anxious to get back into business, had turned down several lucrative offers. The Associated trusteeship tempted him because it combined business with a chance to do a job in the public interest. But no sooner was his name proposed than lightning began...
...thirty-eight years, anyway? At the risk of being an un-American, defeatist influence, I don't want faith restored to me. You just stay over in the Elysian fields where you belong, and let me wallow my poor benighted way through Hell. Yours very cordially, Pro Bono Publico...