Word: speaking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cameron Forbes '92 will speak to the Freshmen class on "Spain Under General France" in the Upper Common Room of the Union at 7:30 O'clock tonight. Mr. Forbes, who has been United States Ambassador to Japan, and Governor-General of the Philippines, was a recent visitor in Spain as the guest of General Franco...
Hazard No. 3, apparently the least troublesome of the lot, was the one that caused calm Secretary Hull to speak his mind more briskly than usual. In the Washington Merry-Go-Round (circ. 13,500,000) last week appeared a story to the effect that Secretary Hull and his "career boys" had been violating the neutrality law by allowing shipments of arms to Germany. Reason: The Neutrality Act prohibits arms shipments "in violation of a treaty" and the 1921 peace treaty specifically prohibits "importation into Germany of arms, munitions and war materials." That day, Columnist Drew Pearson, co-author...
...Roosevelt is the first U. S. President in modern times to speak really fluent French, and both his mother and his wife share his feelings for La Patrie. Last week, when London put to Washington the idea of permitting Paris to cheapen the franc, thus giving France a competitive advantage in world markets, while holding the dollar and pound at present levels, the hesitations of the President and Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. were brief. Nevertheless, these hesitations were agonizing to Premier Edouard Daladier, for, although most Frenchmen were convinced the franc must be again cheapened, some French...
More than 100 people were gathered around the crimson-draped platform as President Conant rose to speak in the light rain that was still falling. Characterizing the new Graduate School as "Harvard's response to the general challenge of the times, he pointed out that it was made possible only through the generosity of "a loyal and devoted son of Harvard...
...Inter-House Committee is not to be discouraged. The fault this year lies in the half-hearted way in which it has been advanced. That only two meetings were held during a year does not speak well for any committee. That the Committee did not take full advantage of its opportunities as an inter-House system is also a reason for its failure. The selfishness and jealousies of the Houses cannot be overcome unless the wouldbe supervisor is alive and respected...