Word: bandwagons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...canvass of 1928 Democratic convention delegates was favorable to the Roosevelt cause. As president of Manhattan's R. H. Macy & Co. (cash dry goods), which he has headed since his father Isidor went down with the Titanic, he was one of the first businessmen to board the Roosevelt bandwagon...
...gibes were always in loud good humor and after a particularly spirited attack he would stroll off to a ball game arm-in-arm with Republican Leader Watson. Always the smart politician. Democrat Harrison played close to the Brown Derby in 1928, was an early passenger on the Roosevelt bandwagon...
...over the national chairmanship, scrapped the fine Raskob machine and set his own running as the official party organization. These events had left Mr. Raskob not bitter-John Raskob is a sportsman -but chagrinned, dismayed, hurt. Since June he had kept his distance from Chairman Farley and the Roosevelt bandwagon...
...support of Walsh in Montana, of Cutting in New Mexico, of Norris in Nebraska will undoubtedly swing more voters to the Roosevelt bandwagon. Similar indications can be discovered in the 1930 election returns from other western states...
...Legion's national conventions. At Boston in 1930 a cash payment resolution was strangled in committee. Later when the Veterans of Foreign Wars began to make spectacular headway with their Bonus drive in Congress, the Legion's na tional executive committee at Indianapolis climbed on the legislative bandwagon, declared for the 50% loan plan. At Detroit in 1931 the Legion was all primed to ap prove full cash payment when President Hoover, on the spur of the moment, dashed to their convention, made a strong speech of dissuasion. Bonus cashing was beaten 902-to-507 on the strength...