Word: 71st
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Graduated from De Pauw University, he went to Oklahoma at the turn of the Century, practiced law, plunged into state politics. He served two inconspicuous terms in the House before going to the Senate in 1927. His first love is Oklahoma oil, his second, more money for everyone. The 71st Congress ended in failure and confusion because of his dogged filibuster for a Senate inquiry into the oil industry. He ardently embraced the Bonus bill because its payment called for fiat money. He likes to roll the word "Revolution!" off his tongue, put on overalls for news photographers, talk about...
Most Senators thought they had heard the final heffling of James Thomas ("Tom-Tom") Heflin, their hulking colleague for a decade, when on March 4, 1931 the 71st Congress was silenced. As the Capitol's double doors closed on his flapping broadcloth coat tails, they believed that his creamy vest, his lush black tie, his florid face and droning voice had passed forever from the scene. Had Alabama not repudiated him in 1930 for political apostasy, electing John Hollis Bankhead in his place? Those who supposed they were through with heffling were mistaken. Last week, in full oldtime regalia...
Born. To Francis C. E. Hitchcock of Long Island's polo-playing family: a son, Thomas Hitchcock III; on the 71st birth; day of Thomas Hitchcock Sr.; in Manhattan...
...estimates of expenditures this year by $27,000,000, and last year by $23,000,000. Other Senators accused the President of being "unfamiliar with the facts" and trying to build up public sentiment against Congress, a charge often made during the sessions of the bickering 71st Congress...
When the Vestal Copyright Revision Bill was choked to death (along with much other legislation) at the filibustered end of the 71st Congress (TIME, March 16), much regret was felt by all persons interested in bringing U. S. Copyright into line with that of the rest of the civilized world as embodied in the International Copyright Union (Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary & Artistic Works). A group which had special reason to resent the filibusterings of Senators King (Utah), Dill (Washington) and Thomas (Oklahoma), was the First Church of Christ, Scientist...