Word: adjournment
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...Republican leader, sweated long but in vain to induce the Senate to accept President Hoover's views. He found he was dealing with politicians whose minds were riveted on the soldier vote in their States this year. Frank was his statement: "I know the Senate will not adjourn until this bill is passed and you could not drive the House out of Washington until it provides pension legislation...
Again and again Mr. Churchill moved to "report progress" (i. e. to adjourn) and getting no response from the Chancellor, spat out as he reiterated his proposal: "I hope that the Honorable Gentleman will indicate that he accepts this motion if only by a grunt...
...following the present one. Dolefully Leader Watson explained that the Senate had been in continuous session for 16 months and was exhausted. He warned that at a special session the Senate was likely to walk out on the President and leave his Treaty dangling midair, either by voting to adjourn sine die or by deliberate failure to produce a quorum. To these arguments the President was adamant. He flatly refused to consider any program of postponement...
...President Hoover assured him that he would. Whereupon Senator Watson solemnly announced: "A special session now seems necessary and has been decided on." Senator Watson "hoped" Congress would "clean up" its pending legislative program?tariff, rivers & harbors development, veterans' aid, motor bus regulation?by the end of June and adjourn...
This evening at 8.15 o'clock 60 members, of the University Glee Club will give a concert at Groton School. After the main part of the concert the singers will adjourn to the Groton School Chapel, where they will sing selected religious music, including Palestrina's "Adoramus Te", and "Justorum Animae...