Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Offered to resign if Roosevelt were elected...
There Republican affairs had gone against him; last December he felt compelled to resign his last important party post, the county chairmanship. Thomas Dewey, once Simpson's ally, later his bitter foe, emerged in complete control of the New York County Republican machine, with only the still potent Simpson voice to be heard from the outside. Last week the voice was silenced. Sitting in his Manhattan study, Kenneth Simpson collapsed with a heart attack, managed to call to his wife for help before he died. Tributes poured in from many he had fought-from President Roosevelt, Tom Dewey, Mayor...
...problem with his same old rabbit's foot touchstone; the million questions he has faced are always the same question: Is it a good risk? In all the U. S. today there is only one man whose power is greater: Franklin Roosevelt. The President can force Jones to resign at any moment. But many men say that public opinion would never let the President jettison Jesse, that Sinbad Roosevelt is fated always to carry Old-Man-of-the-Sea-Jones...
Astonished by the uproar was Sir Keith. Said he stiffly: "I should think that we would use these powers little if at all. . . ." Nevertheless, 48 hours after Sir Keith announced his decrees, they were withdrawn by Prime Minister Menzies. Sir Keith decided he had better resign and look after his own interests...
...Ethiopian crisis was supposed to have said: "If Italy wins, I will be Emperor of Ethiopia but if Italy loses, I will be King of Italy." He may have been thinking along the same lines last week. There were rumors that Crown Prince Umberto had offered to resign the Army command he shared with Marshal Badoglio, that II Duce had refused his resignation...