Word: controller
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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However, one wing of his executive power, the Board of Control, still remained clipped by hostile Filipinos. This Board is composed of the Governor General, the President of the Senate (Manuel Quezon), the Speaker of the House (Manuel Roxas). It controls and selects the directors of all government owned corporations: the Philippine National Bank, the Manila Railroad Co., the National Coal Co., etc. Governor General Wood, being the minority member of this Board, was unable to put his policies into effect; so last week, on the day of the adjournment of the legislature, he announced that henceforth all the duties...
...Philippines are under the control of the War Department...
Then began the Schwab-Gary tussle. The Judge wanted to operate the whole organization through an oligarchy, an executive committee. President Schwab wanted sole control. He objected to hearing an influential director ordering him to build a steel plant at Chicago, when he, the direct operator, needed a plant at Pittsburgh. The Judge was further irritated by President Schwab's behavior at Monte Carlo. Reports came that the very President of the U. S. Steel Corp., that "good" corporation, was reveling on the Riviera, that he was playing roulette, vingt-et-un, chemin-de-fer and baccarat for stakes...
Displaying excellent control on his drives despite a high wind, C.S. Stimpson '27 defeated J.A. Hutchinson '28 three up and two to play yesterday for the University golf title...
Hosiery. Stock control of Onyx Hosiery, Inc., was bought last week by James Hammond of Hayden, Stone & Co., Manhattan investment house. He is a director and treasurer of the Gotham Silk Hosiery Co. and therefore his purchase, considered with the present refinancing of both concerns, is taken to indicate a merger...