Word: resignation
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Efficiency Expert began to feel that he was not the ideal person to insure the Duke of Windsor the kind of reception he got when he visited the U. S. as Prince of Wales in 1924. He announced that he had telephoned the Duke of Windsor to offer to resign in favor of a less unpopular guide. The Duke's reply was "Charles, pay no attention to these low accusations. Go right ahead." Trying to obey, Efficiency Expert Bedaux encountered more obstacles. Said he the next afternoon: "Up to 1 o'clock I was very gay. Since then...
Last week in Washington, the District Board of Public Welfare decided that, despite her able extracurricular activities, Dr. Smith was not giving the students of the N.T.S.G. the kind of discipline they deserved, asked her to resign. When Carrie Smith refused, the District Commissioners discharged her, replaced her with a male superintendent and a female jail matron as assistant...
Commissioner Ross's resignation left the five-man SEC with two vacancies. To old-line conservatives this was a matter of real concern.* As long as James M. Landis was chairman, the SEC was in the hands of men more or less conciliatory to Wall Street and crusaders were in the minority. This has long been a sore point with ardent New Dealers and last week it was sorer than ever. Forced to resign after disagreement with associates, Kemper Simpson, SEC economic adviser since 1934, furiously ticked off the SEC for relaxing registration requirements, blamed the severity...
...Quinn took a prominent part in putting all these five judges on the bench. About four years ago, the whole Supreme Court composed of Republicans was forced to resign after years of service; and a complete new court with a majority of Democrats was chosen in its place by the legislature under the management of the Democratic organization, in which Mr. Quinn (then Lieutenant-Governor) was an outstanding leader...
...when the problem editor gets to the crux of the matter will the rebellious professor resign or surrender his ideals? In answer the picture shows the professor taking the oath...