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However, such individualism as Mr. Whalen's in a Tammany (which means team-play, or machine-play) administration was unusual in New York. Even amid the cheers, newsgatherers scented friction, suggested the dapper mayor was jealous of his Commissioner's sartorial perfection, of his triumphant publicity, his possible eligibility for the mayoralty itself...
...successful mayorality candidate Charles Bowles entered office he delighted businessmen by drafting Businessman Harold H. Emmons to be police commissioner. But some businessmen withdrew their support from the Mayor because, among his appointees was John Gillespie, onetime police commissioner, old-line politician, to be Commissioner of Public Works. Friction arose quickly between Commissioners Emmons and Gillespie. Mr. Emmons now charges that during a business trip he took shortly after his installation, the Mayor permitted the opening of long-closed big gambling dens. He also now charges that he was forced to surrender to the Mayor the control and reorganization...
...principle of the Dardelet Threadlock is that a nut remains fixed when its friction on a bolt is greater than its friction against the face of the part that is being clamped. By mathematically designed taperings on the thread, the Dardelet nut and bolt become wedged into one mass, cannot possibly shake loose, yet are uninjured when separated. Separation is accomplished easily with a wrench...
...Daughters of the American Revolution on world peace and U. S. entry into the World Court, he carefully assembled all the best arguments in behalf of this prime U. S. policy (TIME, April 21). He balanced the reduction of national defense against the elimination of international jealousies and friction. He spoke of the London Naval Conference achievements in terms of reduced ill will rather than reduced warship tonnage. He de- clared...
Last week Wisconsin's dynamic President Glenn Frank announced that the experimental college would be abandoned in June. Reason: internal friction. Gratifying to Dr. Meiklejohn was the announcement that some of the experiment's principles would be applied to freshmen and sophomores in the whole university...