Word: stimson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Harvard Lampoon were heard from Boston. It was said to be far from an prosperous as its highbred with its delicate humor, the felicity and urbanity of its occasional hoaxes, its sedulous devotion to the high standards set by its founders--such men as Judge Robert Grant, former Ambassador Stimson and Edward S. Martin--entitle it to be. Fortunately, those apprehensions were groundless...
...days after election Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassador, called upon Secretary of State Stimson, left a note which said: "His Majesty's Government . . . believe that the regime of intergovernmental financial obligations, as now existing, must be reviewed. . . . The immediate objective is of a more limited nature. . . . His Majesty's Government ask for a suspension of the payments due from them [Dec. 15]." A French note delivered next day at the State Department suavely echoed the request "that an extension of the suspension of payments may be granted in order that the study of the present serious problems now under discussion...
...Before it was silenced by Governor Roosevelt the Press of the land had lugged out all the Democratic Cabinet timber available. Public interest centered chiefly around the State and Treasury portfolios. Last week Secretary of State Stimson announced that he was ready to coach his successor as soon as he was appointed. For this No. i job President-elect Roosevelt, weak on foreign affairs, needs a particularly able Secretary with an expert international knowledge. President Harding had such a man in Charles Evans Hughes. The favorite candidate for Democratic Secretary of State, at least with the Press, is Owen...
Japanese, who had Mrs. Woodrow Wilson in their midst last week, joyously hailed the end of the "Stimson Doctrine" (of non-recognition of land grabs by any nation). They exulted over the personal downfall of Statesman Stimson, whom millions of Japanese regard as their personal enemy...
Once again last week Samuel Insull, fugitive from Illinois justice, slipped out of his hotel's service entrance. But this time it was no prelude to flight. He was accompanied by M. Coutsamaris, chief of the Athenian Security Police. Three days prior, Secretary of State Stimson and Greek Minister Charalambos Simopoulos had met in Washington, D. C. and exchanged extradition treaties, making it possible for the U. S. to demand the arrest and return of Mr. Insull...