Word: wiggins
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...biggest banker in the U. S. he is usually the quietest. He makes few pronunciamentos. When he does speak as a banker his words carry world weight. Banker Wiggin's address to Chase stock holders last January was front-page news round the world. Said...
Next move was to invite representatives of twelve creditor nations to appear before the committee. Most important of these gentlemen was, of course, the U. S. representative, the Committee's president, Mr. Wiggin, who was empowered to act not only for Chase National, but for all New York banks...
Wall Street's AL. It is part of a Wall Street runner's ABC that Albert Henry Wiggin is the head of the biggest bank in the world and that he is known as Al, "the man with a million friends." Innumerable people ''Al" Mr. Wiggin...
Tall, heavy, slightly pop-eyed Mr. Wiggin belongs to many clubs, has a modest collection of etchings, a wife who sculps from time to time in a MacDougall Alley studio. He is jovial with acquaintances. He plays excellent poker with fierce intensity. As a golfer, he is never more dangerous to his opponent than when behind. He has a large collection of locker-room anecdotes...
...Cancellation or reduction of the interallied debts has been increasingly discussed throughout the world. ... I am firmly convinced it would be good business to initiate a reduction of these debts at this time." The attack on the tariff did Mr. Wiggin no good with the Hoover Administration. Since his remarks on the War debts, France has viewed him with suspicion as a probable believer in revision of the Treaty of Versailles...