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Provisional President Koundouriotis succeeded in persuading M. Michalakopoulos, a staunch disciple of Eleutherios Venizelos, to accept the Premiership. A Cabinet was formed; but its tenure of office was thought likely to be short...
...regular of regulars, a staunch friend and supporter of the President; a man who, with the other new Massachusetts Senator, Frederick H. Gillett, will share the courtesy title of Presidential spokesman...
...Quoth staunch Republican Senator Smoot, with a side glance at colleague La Follette...
What are the Conservatives likely to do? They will not make a government-guaranteed loan to Russia, but they are not likely to withdraw recognition of that country, having for so long been staunch advocates of the doctrine of "continuity in foreign policy." Despite the alarums and excursions of the new Opposition, observers found no reason to believe that the Conservative foreign policy would be any less conciliatory than that of Labor. In this respect, the Conservatives have had an excellent object lesson and, perhaps, they have learned...
...future Secretary before the campaign of 1920, when Senator Capper brought them together. Upon his appointment, Mr. Wallace succeeded his friend of long standing, Edwin Thomas Meredith of Des Moines. In office, Mr. Wallace conducted the Department's affairs with quiet industry and without notable occurrences other than his staunch opposition to the proposed transfer of Alaskan forest reserves to the control of Secretary Fall's Department of the Interior. This fight was long and bitter. In his speech of July, 1923, President Harding let it be known that he sided with Mr. Wallace and against Secretary Fall. The Alaskan...