Word: alabama
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...when the Democrats gained control of the House, Garner was promoted to the Speakership. Mississippi was redistricted and Collier lost a seat. Crisp dreamed of becoming a Senator and was beaten. Only Rainey remained. Last spring when the House was choosing a Speaker, John McDuffie of Alabama was a leading candidate until Doughton got busy...
...whose mines the United Mine workers are strongest, were prompt to accept the agreement. The operators of the South and Southwest, who in years past have worsted the United Mine Workers, stood out against the change, maintained that higher freight rates from their mines necessitated lower wages. The Alabama operators even went so far as to shut down their mines to obtain a temporary injunction against the new NRA regulation on the grounds that General Johnson's amendments were "discriminatory and confiscatory." Last week NRA held hearings in Washington to give the dissenting operators a chance to put their...
...determination of policy. The amendments are and will continue to be treated as null and void." Mr. Lewis took the floor. "There is no reasonable man," he began, "who does not recognize that statement as bombast. The Alabama coal operators are not quite ready to declare war on the United States. But"-he paused and glowered-"if they feel that way, the United Mine Workers are ready within 15 days to furnish the President with 20 army divisions to force them to comply with the law." Mr. Johnston, very much in earnest, interrupted : "As between civil war in the industry...
...President's wishes for aviation's New Deal, as set forth by letter March 7 and embodied in like bills by Representative Mead (New York) and Senators Black (Alabama) and McKellar (Tennessee) were as follows...
...Birmingham, Ala., Miss Iva Cook noted that no Alabaman was a member of Wisconsin's famed Liars' Club, wrote a letter to the club president explaining that Alabama contains no liars. By return mail Miss Cook received from the Liars' Club an honorary life membership...