Word: reporting
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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From the continuous work carried on by Mr. Smith and myself with the delegates, prior to and during the Convention, we were able to report to the Volunteer Committee in New York City . . . that there would be twelve votes cast for Mr. Willkie on the first ballot, 20 on the second, 25 on the third, with a possible 28 votes as a maximum. The actual vote cast was twelve on the first ballot, 17 on the second, 19 on the third . . . and a unanimous vote of 32 on the sixth ballot...
...department also told why John O'Ryan had gone to Tokyo. A Tokyo organization called the Japan Economic Federation (whose Manhattan representative is the Japanese Government's trade commissioner) had hired the General and two economists to survey Japanese-U. S. trade relations, submit an "impartial report." His fee (plus expenses): $15,000, plus an additional $5,000 a month if the survey lasts more than three months...
...statement under the law which requires foreign agents to register with the State Department: "I do not believe I can be classified as an agent of any principal. . . . My agreement with the Japan Economic Federation provides that . . . there is no obligation expressed or implied that the conclusions and report will conform with any views that may be held by the federation. ... [I assume] that this federation is an agency subsidized or supported by the Japanese Government...
...favorite old spot, the many-railed freight yards and junction of Hamm. At Bremen they smacked the big Focke-Wulf aircraft plant where a new twin-tailed fighter with "swallowed" engine is being turned out, said to fly 400 m.p.h. Each side was "softening up" the other and a report from far-off Turkey carried by travelers from Germany indicated the kind of damage both sides were already suffering. According to the accounts the Rhineland populace was thoroughly terrorized by R. A. F.'s incessant raiding, especially at Essen, home of the vast Krupp plants...
...Russian, German, British or French flash and hurry it to the attention of Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek. One day last week the English-speaking operator was shocked into attention by a BBC commentator. The operator took some notes, then sent a courier to the Gissimo's compound. The report...