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...Fundamentally Sound," The sequel to this patriotic Persian attempt to shake the foreigners down was a hasty visit to Teheran by Anglo-Persian's suave Board Chairman and "Petrol Diplomat." Sir John Cadman carried through the ensuing negotiations of high public policy on the private basis that "the Shah is my personal friend." The result was a new concession for Anglo-Persian running until 1993, but His Majesty squeezed down the area under lease to Anglo-Persian by more than half and while leaving Anglo-Persian in possession of its pipe lines deprived the British of exclusive Persian...
Nevertheless, under such presidents as Dr. North, Dr. Samuel Parkes Cadman and Bishop Francis John McConnell, the Federal Council has demonstrated that the Protestant Churches in the U. S. can get together to argue and act on common problems. Its trend through the years has been more & more liberal-always one jump ahead of the mass of church thought. In a way the Federal Council resembles the League of Nations. Its existence is more interesting than its achievements. Yet in a quarter century it also has achievements to its credit. Among them...
...concession to supplant the disputed D'Arcy oil leases of Anglo-Persian Oil Co. Ltd. was reached three weeks ago (TIME, May 1). Last week came the final agreement and publication of the terms. Well satisfied, Britain's "Petrol Diplomat," tall, professorial Chairman Sir John Cadman of Anglo-Persian, slipped a copy of the new agreement in his pocket, packed his grips and flew from Beirut to Marseilles, after months of bickering, threatening, appeals to the League of Nations, the new-agreement provides: 1) The period of the concession is 60 years from 1933. 2) Area...
...willing concession by Sir John Cadman. who wishes to pacify the opposition of U. S. oil men long anxious for some share in the Persian fields...
...founded another in nearby 'Possum Trot. Next year Miss Berry opened day schools, then a boarding school for boys, at $100 a year of which at least half was to be paid in work. She went north to raise money, got her first $50 in Dr. Samuel Parkes Cadman's church in Brooklyn. Andrew Carnegie gave the first endowment money. Theodore Roosevelt and Publisher Adolph Ochs became interested, but endowments never kept pace with the Berry Schools' growth. Miss Berry needs $150,000 in gifts every year. Only entrance requirement for the Berry Schools is that...