Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Coolidge denied absolutely that there was any verisimilitude in the rumor that Andrew W. Mellon might soon resign as Secretary of the Treasury...
...first point, the verbal struggle was keen. Dr. G. A. Huntley of the Chinese mission field asserted that 49 out of 50 missionaries in China would resign rather than submit to being catechized as to their faith. Dr. Meigs of Illinois, on behalf of the Modernists, proposed to amend the resolution by striking out the insistence on the creed, leaving the statement that the New Testament is the basis of the Baptist faith. The cohorts were summoned to vote. The Modernists polled 742 to the Fundamentalists 574. So the resolution was shorn of its point-and adopted...
James M. Beck recently presented Mr. Coolidge with his resignation as Solicitor General (TIME, May 11), consequently the President has been casting about for a successor. Last week, he picked. He picked William D. Mitchell of St. Paul. This Mr. Mitchell has never before held political office. He is the son of a man who sat in the Minnesota Supreme Court. Now, at 50, he has been practicing law for 29 years. He is a member of the firm of Butler, Mitchell & Doherty. His chief excursions outside of the law have been into military life. He served as a lieutenant...
...absolutely untrue. I had the honor of representing Senator Newberry professionally at the Grand Rapids trial, before the Supreme Court and before the committee of the Senate. He was not "driven" from the Senate. On the contrary, the Senate voted that he was entitled to his seat. He resigned from the Senate about eight months after it had adjourned. I need not discuss with you or anyone else the occasion of his resignation. Only a moment's reflection as to the atmosphere with which he was surrounded there after the bitter attacks that had been made upon him will...
...months ago, Premier Theunis decided to resign and resign he did on Apr. 5. From then dates a prolonged Cabinet crisis...