Word: farley
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...there was any surprise in this announcement, it was not that Admiral Palmer was selected, but ratner what post he was selected for. It was known (TIME, Jan. 7) that Edward P. Farley was about to retire as head of the Shipping Board because of Senatorial objections. It was understood that the President was looking for a successor to him. When Admiral Palmer had been at the White House three times to confer with Mr. Coolidge it began to be rumored that he was going to be Chairman of the Shipping Board...
...London to represent the Board abroad. Instead he stays to be dictator over the Government's shipping policy as no Chairman of the Shipping Board has ever been- Denman of California, General George W. Goethals, Edward N. Hurley, John Barton Payne, Albert D. Lasker or Edward P. Farley...
...nomination of Edward P. Farley to be Chairman of the Shipping Board (a post which he has held since last June by recess appointment from President Harding) did not find favor in the Senate. His nomination for the post was not confirmed before the Christmas recess...
...Farley had tendered his resignation to the President and that his nomination would be withdrawn...
...chief question that this event presented was that of a successor to the post. A dozen or more names were presented, but the President kept his counsel to himself in true Coolidge fashion. The choice of a successor to Mr. Farley and the presentation of a new shipping policy by the Administration were matters of momentary expectation...