Word: retreater
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Halbach. In his own vast organization Dr. Krupp von Bohlen is a high-collared martinet, but in dealing with raw statesmen of the new regime he has proved an ingratiating fellow. Less than three months ago he, as president of the Federation of German Industries, beat a strategic retreat by putting it under Nazi auspices. Last week he fairly bubbled optimism as members of the Federation received official notice canceling previous orders that they must prepare to pool their plants in a Hitler "corporate state." Another victory for Dr. Krupp von Bohlen was the ousting from the ministries of economics...
...final battle against the American people. If we lose this battle, the Government will be overwhelmed with irretrievable disaster. * * * On the eve of this decisive battle Franklin D. Roosevelt is the Nation's Commander in Chief. * * * His order is not to watch and wait; it is not to retreat; his thunderous, thrilling command is 'Forward, march.'" In the spirit of those words the Congress and the President worked shoulder to shoulder. Perhaps it would be too much to say now that the battle is already won. But undeniably the sunshine is breaking through the clouds. The unprecedented legislation enacted...
...growth of political internationalism fostered by the League and other organs since the war has received violent setbacks through recent developments in Europe and Asia. In the light of these developments and of a policy of economic nationalism, it would be only too easy for the United States to retreat within its shell and ignore all the international issues which are of such vital significance to her and which might involve her in another war. It must be the determined policy of the Administration to bear its share in the task of keeping the world's peace, to work...
...orchestramen who will play on a stage backed by a big sounding-board are members of the New York Orchestra, a cooperative group of players who begged Sokoloff to be their leader when they heard that his contract had not been renewed in Cleveland. Sokoloff's retreat provides ideal concert grounds for Fairfield County natives and the many New Yorkers who summer nearby. Across from the slope where the benches will be built is a seven-acre field where motorists can park free. A window of the old barn will be turned into a box office. The summer concerts...
...four years ago, the young ladies of the Junior League last week held their annual national conference in Philadelphia. There were luncheons and a visit to socialite Mrs. Richard Haughton's rock gardens, but for the most part the session had the aspect of a four-day retreat for political education...