Word: statements
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...concrete evidence of the progress he had made, Stefani brought before the assembly a six-point statement of the University's present attitude which will serve as the basis for continued negotiations today. On two of the workers' three demands the statement made definite concessions, although not enough to satisfy the union...
...Paderewski, TIME, Feb. 27, p. 47. "A recent indication of modern decadence, in Paderewski's eyes, was the fuss-&-feathers about Sir James Jeans's statement that there is no such thing as 'touch' in piano playing - that a pianist will get the same tone whether he hits the key with his finger or the end of an umbrella. Says umbrella-thatched Paderewski: 'Art is a question of personality...
...message from the President to A. F. of L.'s 58th convention (TIME, Oct. 17). In consenting last fortnight to renew negotiations, William Green restated that A. F. of L. cannot and will not concede anything in the interest of peace. Having taken time to digest this warlike statement, Teamster Tobin announced that the pressure of his own union's business made it "absolutely and utterly impossible" for him to serve. In that way Mr. Tobin put himself in the position of a Federationist to whom Franklin Roosevelt might eventually turn for a peacemaker when the negotiators...
Last week, still Finance Chairman but never more strongly with the Opposition, Pat Harrison saluted Secretary Morgenthau's presence on Capitol Hill by issuing to the press a statement which met the Administration's monetary program headon. Said...
...that chance is obviously that the democracies have a little more marrow in their bones since Munich. French and British defense-and hence morale-have distinctly improved. Mr. Roosevelt's tough talk against the dictatorships has helped. It was even possible to construe in Herr Hitler's statement that Germany must "export or die" an invitation to commerce rather than war. Typical French move was a conference of high French Generals in Tunisia at which General Auguste Nogues, Resident General and Commander-in-Chief of all French Armed Forces in Morocco, presided...