Word: appointment
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wagner quit just in time to do his fellow Democrats the most good. Had he resigned after July 8, Governor Thomas E. Dewey could have appointed a Republican successor to serve until January 1951. Now, although Dewey may appoint someone to fill the post temporarily, a special fall election must be held to elect a Senator to fill out Wagner's term. New Yorkers were in for some hot, midsummer politicking. The Senator's unexciting son, Robert F. Wagner Jr., hinted that he would like the job. Tom Dewey said he didn't want it himself...
...that point, McCloy's career was clearly consistent and easy to follow. What happened next is harder-and more important-to understand. Within a few months of McCloy's arrival in Washington, Stimson got Roosevelt to appoint McCloy Assistant Secretary of War. If this was a "policy job," it had been given to a man who had little experience with either policy or politics. If it was an "administrative job," it had gone to a man with no experience of administration...
...Boisterous Chorus. The Family Council was the Gilbreths' plan for organizing the flock into a well-run, cooperative team. Every Sunday after dinner the council, with Dad as chairman, met around the table to appoint purchasing committees, divide up the house and yardwork on an equitable basis, and make decisions on such acquisitions as rugs and dogs. As the kids realized, this was merely an extension of Dad's ideas on employer-employee relations...
...course, civil rights. When Stennis went down to the White House to push a friend for a U.S. attorneyship, Harry Truman didn't even ask him, Stennis reported, how he intended to vote on Taft-Hartley. With grim significance, Stennis added: "I hope and expect him to appoint this gentleman...
Ballots shall be counted by at least four students, preferably members of the Electoral Committee or any other members of the Association whom the Electoral Chairman shall appoint. Voting shall be conducted on two successive days, both in Agassiz and in each dormitory...