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Daniel Calhoun Roper, Secretary of Commerce, who declared the U. S. should be "aeroized" just as it was "motorized." For a means of "aeroizing" the country he suggested that the Howell Committee confer with "some of the outstanding leaders in the motor industry...
...Allard of Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.. it was proved that the latter's firm had paid "palm oil" to Comptroller General Lopez of Bolivia, protests continued pouring in. Within a few days Secretary Hull had no less than 15 on his hands. Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper announced that it had been reported to him that Latin Americans, sensitive about bribe-taking, would cancel all U. S. trade contracts unless the Senate investigation was conducted more privately. Chilean Minister of War Emilio Bello Codesido announced that no U. S. bids would be considered in the next purchase...
Well does Secretary of Commerce Daniel Calhoun Roper know how to pleasure his friends. He does it by importing watermelons from his native South Carolina. So tender and so succulent are these great green fruit that he has them brought by automobile lest they be damaged traveling by rail. Last week he pleasured newshawks by presenting his weekly press conference with two enormous South Carolina melons, 3 ft. long and weighing, by report, 80 Ib. each...
Last week Secretary Roper was commissioned by the White House to go before a microphone and make a thorough job of reassuring U. S. businessmen. His soothing syrup was a declaration of policy...
Words help businessmen to get their bearings but deeds mean more. Satisfied with the "principle" laid down by Melon-Cutter Roper, they waited anxiously for the next move in Washington to define "fair" profits, "proportionate" salaries...