Word: macdonaldization
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...stopping her. Since her father speaks no English, she will be his interpreter. In Washington, Secretary Stimson beamed his approval of the visit, did not reveal the probable nature of the Hoover-Laval conversations but guessed that "the sky would be the limit." With visiting Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain two years ago (who also brought his daughter along), President Hoover was principally concerned with disarmament. The Laval visit should be an event second in importance to none so far during the Hoover Administration. Because their nations now own 64% of it, it was safe...
...would not say where the Prime Minister had gone. Faithful secretary, she kept his secret for two days last week. He was not at Lossiemouth. not at Chequers, not at "No. 10" (Downing Street). To be quite alone, to escape even from familiar furniture and beloved books, James Ramsay MacDonald went secretly to a country house placed at his disposal by Earl De La Warr. There with awful Scotch solemnity he searched his soul, faced a decision which if taken would mean a final break with...
...issue, personal and national: should Scot MacDonald. who up to last week had done no more than leave his Labor friends in the lurch (TIME, Sept. 31), now decree an immediate general election and fight Labor (i.e. Socialism) up & down the land as leader of a new "National Party," this to consist of the Conservatives and Liberals supporting the Prime Minister's "National" Government...
...Minister of Health Neville Chamberlain, militant Conservatives have been pounding Scot MacDonald to decree an immediate election. Their reasons: 1) The National Government's 10% cut in the dole will be felt increasingly as time goes on, discontent meaning more & more Labor votes the longer an election is delayed. 2) The rise in internal prices due to the National Government's taking the pound off gold means that Britons will soon pay more for bread and meat, may swing toward Labor in their wrath. 3) Conservative strategists think present days of crisis are the ideal time to convince...
...days in Earl De La Warr's house passed. Pale, unsmiling. Mr. MacDonald returned to Downing Street, had nothing to say. His doctor admitted the Prime Minister's "extreme nervous fatigue" but called his health satisfactory. Still torn by alternatives. Scot MacDonald week-ended at Chequers, returned to London still pale, still silent...