Word: rubber
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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President Hoover last week revealed himself as an undaunted top-notch tariff Republican to the end. To a world of depreciated currencies, he made object lessons of sneakers from Japan, rubbers from Czechoslovakia. Alarmed at growing imports of such footgear, the U. S. Tariff Commission found that they were being produced abroad in terms of cheap money at less than the cost of raw materials to U. S. manufacturers in gold dollars. In 1930 Japan exported to the U. S. 1,074,096 pairs of rubber-soled shoes, in 1932, 2,467,646 pairs. Ineffective appeared U. S. tariff rates...
...employment service. He is a quiet, even-tempered, slightly bald man who likes to be with his family. In order to get back to Indiana where they were living he became a labor conciliator in 1926. He has mediated several Indiana cinema theatre strikes, the Mishawaka, Ind. Rubber Goods factory strike...
...Liberia, Mr. Barclay and Mr. Mitchell are no longer on speaking terms. All official communications from the U. S. and Liberian Governments on the subject of Liberia's decision to suspend payments on a $2,250,000 loan from Finance Corp. of America (subsidiary of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.) had to be relayed through the French Government...
...Washington, slightly embarrassed officials pointed out that since President Barclay's Government has not been recognized, Minister Mitchell was quite correct in addressing him as "Mr. Barclay." Firestone Rubber seemed unlikely to get its money soon...
After having frowned upon English universities he finished his education in France and Germany, and then went to Malaya as a rubber planter. There he was defeated by the fever and soon sought new vigor in the Canadian Rockies. Refreshed by his stay in North America, he returned to London where he passed a civil service examination which led to his appointment as his Majesty's vice-consul at Moscow. This was Indeed a minor post in tranquil 1912. Today the author recalls how pleasing Russia was to him with its carefree days when many a morning...