Word: actions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Senator McMaster, South Dakota Republican, unexpectedly chimed in to demand just what assurance of action on farm relief the "progressives" had obtained. He discomfited his Republican brethren with a resolution to bring up revision of the industrial tariff, that being the vulnerable spot of farm-relief antagonists. Senator Brookhart tousled himself afresh in a harangue to the effect that he was proud of having once been "kicked out" of the G. O. P. "There are only two parties in the United States now," he cried. "One is the Wall Street party and the other is that opposed to it." Senator...
...United States Senatorship. The matter has been brought to public notice as a result of a telegram sent to Rogers by the State Treasurer of California, in which the Treasurer is reported to have assured Rogers of enough support to gain him a seat at Washington. In announcing his action, the official is quoted as saying that Rogers has proved himself through his sense of humor to possess "an intellectual understanding of politics" which is worthy to be applied seriously to governmental matters. Obviously the proposal is of a more serious nature than merely to give Will Rogers an opportunity...
...France laughed au nez ("hee-hawed") when fiery M. Leon Daudet, editor of the hysterically Royalist newspaper L'Action Francaise was recently released from prison (TIME, July 4) by a faked telephone order supposed to have come from a member of the august "Sacred Union Cabinet" of Premier Raymond Poincaré. Since that merry escapade every policeman in France has received the order "Arrest M. Leon Daudet on sight"-but Daudet has managed to conceal his whereabouts. Therefore a sensation burst last week, at Paris, when it was announced that Editor Daudet would positively address a Royalist audience...
...speakers on Wednesday night argued the subject: "Resolved, That the Mexican Government was justified in its action toward the Catholic Church" V. M. Harding '31 and S. S. Morrill '31 on the affirmative side of the question, won a decision over H. C. Friend '31 and J. M. Gilmartin '31, who upheld the negative. After the debate an open discussion was held...
...Brown University Saturday night at Providence, the University basketball team journeyed to Milton yesterday afternoon, and held practice on the large court of the schoolboy's gymnasium. This was done in order to get the basketeers accustomed to a large court similar to that on which the Bruins see action...