Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...inquisitive reporter went to the White House, said he had heard that Secretary Hughes was to resign. Was it true? The inquisitive reporter was informed, 1) that the President was certain the rumor was unfounded; 2) that the President does not deny rumors of changes in the personnel of the Administration...
...Conference had established a rule against adopting any resolutions. Governor Blaine of Wisconsin protested that calling the declaration a memorial and having it signed was a base subterfuge to escape the rule. Governor Parker of Louisiana declared that if a single signature was attached to the memorial, he would resign from the Conference. Governor Silzer of New Jersey moved to add that "we believe there can be no real enforcement" of prohibition while present conditions exist. His motion was tabled...
...innovation was adopted by vote of trustees and congregation. It is expected that some members of the minority will resign...
...panel doctors flatly refuse any cut. They declared they will resign in a body and have appointed a Strike Committee of 200 practitioners. They are backed up in their fight against "medical slavery" by the British Medical Association and its organ the British Medical Journal. Health insurance was initiated in Germany some 25 years ago and has been widely introduced in Europe. But it has generally been opposed by the medical profession, and with particular violence...
...Count returned to his manor to find himself an exponent of the Bourgeois and not the king's trusted servant. Greatly enraged though he was, he could only resign his commission and try to hush the matter. His wife takes his hard. Pinteau, however, is not so fortunate. His bride-to-be refused to marry him, when she learned that he was not the Count. Thus, the Count did not get to Paris for long, and his secretary lost a bride...