Word: rostrums
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Gibson's Choice. . . . When Britain's "Uncle Arthur" Henderson, President of the Conference, tried to give Ambassador Gibson the floor to urge adjournment there was immediate protest. Before Mr. Gibson could reach the rostrum Dutch Delegate Dr. V. H. Rutgers, rose shouting: "Which other delegates will participate in immediate discussion...
Thus encouraged, Ambassador Gibson started down the aisle again, reached the rostrum just as German Delegate Dr. Rudolf Nadolny rose to ask, "Does this mean that the delegates shall not be allowed to speak on the resolution as a whole...
...speak later," cried President Henderson, but by this time Mr. Gibson had left the rostrum and was perched on the edge of a chair. When the U. S. Ambassador was about to make his third start, he saw that Soviet Delegate Maxim Maximovitch Litvinov had arisen. "For several weeks, even months," observed the Russian, "several delegations have been talking continuously, while others have not spoken at all ! Unless they have lost the habit of speaking, delegates should be allowed to speak as they wish...
Traditions & Promises. Helped up to the convention platform, the nominee, in a dark grey suit with red rose in lapel, sat quietly by while Chairman Walsh "notified" him of his nomination. When his turn came to speak, he rested his weight on his hands on the rostrum, delivered an address which he put together on the flight from Albany. Excerpts...
Suddenly all Geneva was galvanized by news that Washington had a message for the world. Flustered Mr. Henderson called the adjourned Conference back into being. Spectators swarmed buzzing into the galleries. In the press box newshawks hunched forward, fastened their eyes upon the rostrum. When U. S. Ambassador to Belgium Hugh S. Gibson cleared his throat and ruffled his papers, they scribbled that he "looked nervous," mentioned "his snow-white hair, though he is only...