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...industrial committee headed by Mr. Gerard Swope has broken into revolt at last. They announce that they are amenable to government partnership in business, but beg to register a vote in favour of what they call industrial self government. In other words, now that the machinery of regimentation is being set up for the joint control of capital, labour, and the consumer, capital is in favour of it if labour and the consumer are withdrawn from the helm, and the industrialists are left to their own dainty devices...
...changed the name of the Tammany candidate from O'Brien to McKee." "Judge Seabury seems to think that he has the corner on virtue and probity in this city," snorted Candidate McKee. Inquisitor Seabury roared back and took verbal swipes at Recoverers Dudley Field Malone and Herbert Bayard Swope for being "servitors" of Jimmy Walker, and at Governor Lehman, President Roosevelt's good friend, for failing to act on Seabury recommendations for city reform. Thus attacked, these men swung back at Seabury and Fusion. "A base and reckless slander!" cried Joe McKee at Judge Seabury's attack...
...Herbert Bayard Swope,† chin pointed up, looked exactly like the youth that kept saying 'Excelsior' on his way through the Alpine village, only more earnest, fiery and brave...
...check weighmen. These the mine superintendents of the non-union Frick and Pittsburgh companies refused to recognize, on the ground that their non-union employes were unrepresented. Thus a new deadlock was created and NRA's special coal arbitration board headed by General Electric's Gerard Swope had its first "grievance" to straighten out. After hearing both sides the board ordered that: 1) election notices were to be posted two days in advance at each mine; 2) the election was to be held at the mine entrance; 3) any miner willing to help pay the check weighmen could...
...Brain Truster, made a bee line to the White House to report to his chief. At the door newshawks upset him with questions about his expense account. London dispatches told how the U. S. Embassy had received bills totaling some $3,000 for Mr. Moley and Herbert Bayard Swope, his traveling companion. One was for $1,300 for transatlantic telephone calls. Another was for $500 for an airplane chartered to fly from Ireland to London but not used. Since Professor Moley and Companion Swope were not officially members of the U. S. Conference delegation, Secretary of State Hull declined...