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Just seven years ago, Bainbridge Colby, personal friend of President Wilson, invited two steel men to lunch at Washington. Mr. Colby, later Secretary of State, was then a member of the U. S. Shipping Board. At lunch he begged one guest, Charles M. Schwab, to become Director General of the U. S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. The other guest, Eugene G. Grace, admonished Mr. Schwab, his business associate, to refuse...
...President of the U. S., $800,000. Last week, it was decided to reserve $100,000 for landscape gardening, $100,000 for an endowed upkeep and to proceed at once to build with the balance. The design will be selected by Andrew W. Mellon, John W. Weeks, Charles M. Schwab. Mr. Mellon is an art collector, has Rembrandts and Cazins in his Washington apartment. Mr. Weeks and Mr. Schwab are not known to be extensive collectors...
...Gifford, yet on Vail's word he was appointed. When the corps had done its work, he was chosen Director of the Advisory Committee of the Council of National Defense. Associated with him worked Daniel Willard, Bernard Baruch, Julius Rosenwald, Howard E. Coffin, Samuel Gompers, Charles M. Schwab, A. C. Bedford. Congress looked with suspicion at the Council of National Defense, jealous of its powers, exasperated by its efficiency. Mr. Gifford did not mind suspicion, but he did not permit interference. He did not hesitate to disagree with Secretary of War Baker over matters of policy, expenditure...
Ever since Charles Michael Schwab assumed control of the Stutz Motor Co., his interest in the motor field has been generally recognized. Recently he has become Chairman of the Six Wheel Co., a Philadelphia concern which will manufacture six-wheel motor trucks and buses, built somewhat after the manner of railway-car trucks. The four rear wheels of the new buses compose a single unit, to which power and brakes are applied. In a statement, Mr. Schwab explained the theory behind his new six-wheel motor vehicles. Seeking a means of coordinating transportation in railways and highways, he became convinced...
...Klan would agree with him in denouncing all these objects, possibly qualifying the objurgation of divorce. The Klan probably would also be at one with Mayor Schwab on the question of "a strong military department...