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Shameful Shreds. Then Tom Corcoran opened his small pink mouth, told his story of the "threat." With cold, lucid, driving fury, he tore Ralph Brewster's tale to shameful shreds...
...Brewster bluntly declared that Presidential Agent Thomas G. Corcoran had approached him just before the teller vote, threatened to stop construction on Passamaquoddy Dam unless he voted for the "death sentence." Inference was that his prompt vote against it had been a righteous protest against such a flagrantly unrighteous threat...
President Roosevelt was at no pains to conceal his displeasure over this threat to one of his pet reforms. And on his side he has all investment bankers, who have no desire to share their current prosperity. However, some Washington quidnuncs suspected that the underwriting section might have been inserted for no other reason than to have something to throw out in the Course of final bargaining between the House and Senate...
...have copies. In efforts to calm M. Corbin he was told of an "ancient statute" under which if the higher Admiralty officials feel the Government is endangering Britain's Naval security it becomes their "right and duty" to endanger it still further by resigning in a body. The mere threat of such an Admiralty strike, so M. Corbin was told, would mean national panic and the Government's fall. In short, Premier Laval could not have the promised papers last week. German secrets possessed by Britain must be concealed from France, her Wartime ally with all that that implied. Soon...
Suddenly last week Banker Field announced that he would withdraw from Field, Glore, retire from investment banking this month. When a friend telephoned to ask whether the threat of increased taxes had influenced his decision. Banker Field replied: "Well, what would you do if you were in my position?" To others he explained that he was leaving to devote more time to his "many outside activities." Field, Glore & Co. will continue to use Banker Field's name, will be managed chiefly by Partner Glore...