Word: voting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Connor to the White House to discuss something else entirely: the Wages-&-Hours Bill which, reported by the Labor Committee last fortnight, needed only a special ruling by the Rules Committee, of which Mr. O'Connor is chairman, to bring it to the floor for a vote...
...purpose of the three-cornered conference was to determine how best to group the employees when they vote next week on whether they prefer the A.F. of L., the inside union, or no representation at all. After mutual concessions it was agreed that there should be nine classifications...
...some of my neighbors." On Europe: "Next time I see you, Paris will be a provincial town of Germany with the people shouting 'Heil Hitler' in French." On Franklin Roosevelt: "President Roosevelt, I think, has all the makings of a good dictator and perhaps we ought to vote him President for life. He can sail a boat, has a pleasant smile, a warm heart, a beautiful mother, and he's well read...
...Young fears that Guaranty plans to vote this stock for a switch in C. & O. officers, electing friends of Guaranty rather than of Mr. Young. Though Guaranty denies such intent, Mr. Young fortnight ago got a New York court to rule that there be no Chesapeake Corp. meeting until the court has passed on Guaranty's right to vote the stock (TIME, April 25). In the interim Robert Young has gone down the backstairs by getting the public holders of C. & O. common stock to rally to the defense of its present officers. Last week...
...that the Guaranty interests would rather see a C. & O. president whose chief interest is in railroad finance instead of in trains. The issue will presumably be settled May 10 when C. & O. plans to meet again. By that time the court may have given Guaranty undisputed right to vote the Chesapeake Corp. stock, but Robert Young hopes to have an undisputed C. &.O. quorum in proxies for 51% of its common stock...