Word: blocs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Commons. To prevent passage of the bill, the Lords would have to move rejection and send the bill back to the Commons; and, as the Conservatives are in a majority in the Upper House, the motion would be sure to be carried if the latter voted en bloc...
...recognized that that leadership had passed from him to. others. He was trailing after Johnston of the Machinists, Stone of the Engineers' Brotherhood, Hillman of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and several others who were quicker than he had been to see how the bloc tendency in American politics suited the purposes of organized Labor. It was they -not Gompers-who had made Labor the factor it was in the Congressional election of 1922. And they carried the bulk of organized Labor along with them when the bloc put up its candidate for President this year. Gompers had little choice...
...originated, organized, operated the famous Farm Bloc...
...response. They went, however, to Representatives and Senators, and the legislators mur- mured "The voters are speaking, I must obey-and Gray Silver has inspired their voices." Frank R. Kent, noted correspondent, says in cold blood: "He is the man who originated, organized and operated the famous Farm Bloc...
...others came with hard times that will last long after these hard times are forgotten. One was a remarkable system of credit facilities for agricultural regions. Another was a great impulse towards diversified farming and more scientific methods. Another was a boost for cooperative marketing. Another was a farm bloc, then an insurgent bloc, and finally a third ticket in politics. Another was the cry that the railways are overcapitalized and freight rates need reducing...