Word: turneth
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...prompt [not necessarily soft] answer turneth away wrath" is a Grew maxim which he would like to see the lumbering State Department adopt. Last week Secretary Hull was out of Washington when the Japanese Foreign Office at length made answer to Ambassador Crew's note protesting Japan's petroleum laws. Acting Secretary of State Philips said the Japanese answer was "vague . . . incomplete . . . unsatisfactory." He hoped to get off fresh instructions to the U. S. Embassy in Tokyo soon. Meanwhile capable Joe Grew pushed on with the job which calls to a diplomat when he is not sure...
...Senator Wheeler of Montana and Senator King of Utah called on the President with silver in their mouths. They emerged with shining eyes, and Mr. Wheeler confided to newshawks: "He is thinking about silver." Certainly the President was thinking about silver, if only because a soft answer sometimes turneth away radicals. Arkansas' Robinson, Democratic leader of the Senate, might announce (as he did), "My personal opinion is there will be no silver legislation in the near future." But the President could not afford to ignore a subject so dear to the heart of Congress. It was indicated that...