Eight Years with Wilson's Cabinet, 1913 to 1920: With a Personal Estimate of the President, Volumen1Doubleday, Page, 1926 - 369 páginas Memoirs of David F. Houston's experiences as a member of Woodrow Wilson's cabinet. |
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... Treasury who was better known to the business world and who already had its confidence . He then asked if I would consider the Interior or the Commerce Department . I replied that [ 9 ] EVENTS LEADING UP TO BALTIMORE CONVENTION.
... Treasury who was better known to the business world and who already had its confidence . He then asked if I would consider the Interior or the Commerce Department . I replied that [ 9 ] EVENTS LEADING UP TO BALTIMORE CONVENTION.
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... replied that if I were called upon to take anything , I would prefer the Department of Agriculture , the one great develop- mental department of the government . He seemed sur- prised , but when I emphasized its fundamental impor- tance ...
... replied that if I were called upon to take anything , I would prefer the Department of Agriculture , the one great develop- mental department of the government . He seemed sur- prised , but when I emphasized its fundamental impor- tance ...
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... replied that the possibility of Governor Wilson's ask- ing me to take a place in his Cabinet seemed to me to be so remote that I could scarcely allow myself to entertain it ; that it would be very difficult for me to leave St. Louis ...
... replied that the possibility of Governor Wilson's ask- ing me to take a place in his Cabinet seemed to me to be so remote that I could scarcely allow myself to entertain it ; that it would be very difficult for me to leave St. Louis ...
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... that the Governor had something on his mind . He sat down by me the first afternoon and asked if I knew Mr. Wilson . I told him I did . He asked if I knew him well . I replied that I [ 23 ] APPOINTED SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.
... that the Governor had something on his mind . He sat down by me the first afternoon and asked if I knew Mr. Wilson . I told him I did . He asked if I knew him well . I replied that I [ 23 ] APPOINTED SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.
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... replied that I did . He inquired if I had seen him lately . I said : " Not for several months . " Then , sensing trouble , I asked him to excuse me , as I wanted to see if Mrs. Houston was ready to go in to dinner . After dinner , the ...
... replied that I did . He inquired if I had seen him lately . I said : " Not for several months . " Then , sensing trouble , I asked him to excuse me , as I wanted to see if Mrs. Houston was ready to go in to dinner . After dinner , the ...
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Página 255 - I say sustained so far as may be equitable by taxation because it seems to me that it would be most unwise to base the credits which will now be necessary entirely on money borrowed. It is our duty, I most respectfully urge, to protect our people so far as we may against the very serious hardships and evils which would be likely to arise out of the inflation which would be produced by vast loans.
Página 156 - In accordance with the general principles of visit and search and destruction of merchant vessels recognized by international law, such vessels, both within and without the area declared as naval war zone, shall not be sunk without warning and without saving human lives, unless these ships attempt to escape or offer resistance.
Página 31 - This is not a day of triumph; it is a day of dedication. Here muster, not the forces of party, but the forces of humanity. Men's hearts wait upon us; men's lives hang in the balance; men's hopes call upon us to say what we will do.
Página 366 - select classes of mankind are no longer the governors of mankind. The fortunes of mankind are now in the hands of the plain people of the whole world.
Página 135 - ... to ascertain whether a suspected merchantman is in fact of belligerent nationality or is in fact carrying contraband of war under a neutral flag.
Página 30 - The feelings with which we face this new age of right and opportunity sweep across our heartstrings like some air out of God's own presence, where justice and mercy are reconciled and the judge and the brother are one.
Página 55 - We must abolish everything that bears even the semblance of privilege or of any kind of artificial advantage, and put our business men and producers under the stimulation of a constant necessity to be efficient, economical, and enterprising, masters of competitive supremacy, better workers and merchants than any in the world.
Página 254 - There is one choice we cannot make, we are incapable of making — we will not choose the path of submission and suffer the most sacred rights of our nation and our people to be ignored or violated.
Página 303 - Force. Force to the utmost. Force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant Force which shall make Right the law of the world, and cast every selfish dominion down in the dust.
Página 127 - We must depend in every time of national peril, in the future as in the past, not upon a standing army, nor yet upon a reserve army, but upon a citizenry trained and accustomed to arms.