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After leaving college Mr. Gilbert entered the law offices of Cravath and Henderson of Manhattan. Russell C. Leffingwell was then a member of that firm. Soon Mr. Leffingwell was called to Washington, given the post of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of fiscal affairs, and took on the business of floating the Liberty Loans. Mr. Gilbert followed him to Washington, and soon gave evidence of marked ability as a subordinate. In June, 1920, Mr. Leffingwell resigned his post and Mr. Gilbert, only 27, was chosen to fill...
...next step in Mr. Gilbert's career was the retirement of Mr. Leffingwell from the firm of Cravatb and Henderson (now Cravath, Henderson and de Gersdorff) to become a partner in J. P. Morgan and Co. (TIME, July 9). Once more Mr. Gilbert follows in Mr. Leffingwell's footsteps. It has been announced that when he quits the Treasury (on Mr. Mellon's return from Europe in the Fall) he will take Mr. Leffingwell's place in the Manhattan law firm...
...making an effort to gain a firm foothold on the Pacific Coast. The July 1 number of The Marine Worker (published free of charge by the Marine Transport Workers' International Union, No. 510; address Box 69, Station D, New York City) gave some indication of the propaganda which the I. W. W. are carrying on in Los Angeles. It is published about 25% in Spanish and carries such slogans as: Boycott all California-made Goods and Motion Pictures. You Cannot Fight the Boss and Booze at the Same Time. Be Like a Mule and Kick if Conditions...
...policy of the British is definite. They will not tolerate any protracted occupation of the Ruhr. On account of the firm attitude of Great Britain, backed at home by Conservative, Liberal and Labor parties, and on the Continent by Italy and Belgium, it is understood that France, despite M. Poincaré's Senlis speech, will agree to a conference on the British plan, and, if satisfied with the results of such a conference, will withdraw progressively from the Ruhr Valley. The conference is based on Secretary Hughes' plan to discover by an international committee the capacity of Germany...
...pictures in the collection of Sir Joseph Robinson, millionaire mine operator of South Africa, brought $938,178 at Christie's - the largest sum ever realized in a single day's sale at the famous old London firm. The top price of $88,920 was fetched by Frans Hals' Portrait of a Gentleman, 19 times what it cost in 1885 when it left the de Zoete collection. The Hals is 45¼ by 35¼ inches, and shows a noble standing figure with pointed beard, ruff, black costume and hat, yellow gloves. None of the pictures are likely...