Word: ams
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"I expect to get rid of the Republican Committee in about ten minutes. Then I'm through. Since I'm on the toboggan it's not for me to talk?that will be up to the new Chairman." As for illness: "I am feeling fine. I've been sick only...
"It will start by discussion for a third per cent ad valorem duty on imported birdseed. Taking the affirmative side will be Tom Heflin, with a birdseye view of the mistake of allowing the Vatican more territory and a motion to prevent Al Smith from building the highest building in...
Arbitration Advance. The most concrete passage in Scot MacDonald's idealistic speech dealt with the so-called "Optional Clause" of the World Court protocol, signatories to which bind themselves to accept the arbitral jurisdiction of the Court in all legal disputes. Said Mr. MacDonald: "I am in a position to...
"I said, 'Be not weary of well doing.' He was in despair: 'We have all emptied our pockets,' he fretted. 'Go through your pockets again,' I said very kindly, 'and I am sure you can find enough to cover what remains between us.' "
"I doubt the final efficacy of the victory on economic grounds. I am not enough of a politician to say whether it is good politics."