Word: assets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pulling the Crimson-tipped oars this spring. The paper odds that quote Yale a slight favorite on the strength of its spotless record should prove a help to the Crimson, for the Elis do not deserve their top-dog rating, and the psychological effect on Harvard should be an asset...
...James Aloysius Farley, 92%; voice quality good, delivery & mannerisms very good, poise excellent. Chief asset: "an easy poise that seems to say,'. . . I'll let you in on something...
...candidate for President, Jim Farley has one big liability: to the U. S. he is the personification of patronage and cheap politics in the New Deal. He has also one great asset: his personal hold on the party machinery, seven years of camaraderie with the politicians who will control votes in the next Democratic convention...
Last week in Columbus, John William Bricker sweated to send his first Legislature home with a record worthy of a Presidential prospect. His biggest chore: to get a $9,250,000 Relief appropriation passed without having to impose new taxes, which would violate his campaign pledges. His biggest asset, other than his own vigor and mien, is the fact that his predecessor was bumbling Democrat Martin Luther Davey, whose administration thoroughly fed up Ohioans of all parties. Last week Governor Bricker signed one of several bills designed to oust Davey holdovers. His latest "ripper" ejected from the State parole board...
...great Founder Sam Gompers and his colleagues (including Bill Green, John Lewis) long ago perfected what Mr. Green now calls the Federation's "bargaining technique." Mr. Lewis' C. I. O. is not above using it, but it is A. F. of L.'s particular pride and asset...