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...Veteran diplomat and courtier Tsuneo Matsudaira, 68, resigned as Imperial Household Minister. Ex-Ambassador to Washington and London, father-in-law of the Emperor's brother Prince Chichibu, the suave, gin-drinking, golf-playing elder statesman was regarded as one of the last "moderate" influences around the throne. He was succeeded by ex-Finance Minister Sotaro Ishiwata, good friend of the militarists...
...which releases the pressure pain from the stomach. The theory is the same as lifting the lid of a spouting tea kettle to release steam. After Western laxatives had failed to relieve a certain Cabinet member, Dr. Chang prescribed a herb to "heat the vapor of the spleen." The statesman was cured overnight...
...Senator-Statesman. Although Secretary of State Stettinius is head of the U.S. delegation, all eyes at San Francisco will be on the Michigan Senator. (A representative of a small nation, asked last week whom he regarded as the small nations' champion in conference free-for-alls, unhesitatingly replied: Vandenberg...
...seemed likely that Elder Statesman Bernard Baruch, frequent adviser to Franklin Roosevelt, would lose none of his influence at the top of the government, particularly in view of his close friendship with Jimmy Byrnes. And white-thatched Jesse Jones would be available for financial advice...
Burden of Shame. Before the day was out, the plump, myopic Son of Heaven called a trusted Court attendant and Elder Statesman, aging (77) Admiral Baron Kantaro Suzuki, President of the Privy Council, to form a new Government. On the stooped shoulders of this wrinkled old courtier might well rest the shameful bur den of leading Japan to surrender...