 | United States. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on claims - 1930 - 364 pages
...stated that he made a final written proposition to plaintiffs through their counsel and said to them : " Gentlemen, this is the best I can do. Take it or leave it." Continuing his testimony, Mr. Davis said : " If they preferred to take 50 per cent in cash, I would... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Claims - Forest fires - 1930 - 364 pages
...stated that he made a final written proposition to plaintiffs through their counsel and said to them : " Gentlemen, this is the best I can do. Take it or leave it." Continuing his testimony, Mr. Davis said : " If they preferred to take 50 per cent in cash, I would... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Claims - Fires - 1933 - 156 pages
...said : 160973—33 4 " Of course, you gentlemen know that I made a written proposition. I said : ' Gentlemen, this is the best I can do ; take it or...it.' If they preferred to take 50 per cent in cash, I did not deprive them of any legal right. They had their choice. If that is coercion, there was coercion."... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Claims - Fires - 1933 - 160 pages
...said : 160973 — 33 4 " Of course, you gentlemen know that I made a written proposition. I said : ' Gentlemen, this is the best I can do ; take it or leave it.' If they preferred to take 50 per cent ln cash, I did not deprive them of any legal right. They had their choice. If that is coercion, there... | |
 | Henry Miller - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1964 - 230 pages
...respect and reverence for his tools, his material. What I have done all through my work is to repeat: "This is the best I can do; take it or leave it." Or again: "If it isn't literature, call it what you like. I don't give a damn." This, I suppose, is... | |
 | United States - 1931 - 1292 pages
...settlements, and who testified, said: Of course you gentlemen know that I made a written proposition. I said: "Gentlemen, this is the best I can do; take it or...it." If they preferred to take 50 per cent in cash, I did not deprive them of any legal right. They had their choice. If that is coercion, there was coercion.... | |
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Of course, you gentlemen know that I made a written proposition. I said : ' Gentlemen, this is the best I can do ; take it or leave it.' If they preferred to take 50 per cent in cash, I did not deprive them of any legal right. They had their choice. If... 