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...Herbert Morrison, now Baron Morrison of Lambeth, 74, but the longtime Laborite warhorse was himself sniffling into his handkerchief, and much of his audience-which had just honored him with a vellum book of tribute-was weeping openly. Occasion: the retirement of "our 'Erb" from the treasureship of London's Labor Party organization, which he had served almost from its founding 48 years before. Stepping down partly to give someone else a turn and partly because his wife was wanting "more of him at home," the chipper former chief deputy to Clement Attlee was not without one final...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 6, 1962 | 4/6/1962 | See Source »

With Mr. Hooper's resignation from the treasureship, Harvard loses the services of a graduate who for many years has contributed all that disinterested effort and business capacity could to her interests. At the beginning of his term of service he held for several years the position of bursar here in Cambridge, and, resigning, was not long after appointed to the position he has now relinquished. The treasurership, which entails the entire management of the capital and income of the University, requires both close application and rare executive qualities. With a lack of either of these qualifications in its treasurer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/2/1898 | See Source »

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