Word: blooms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Neutrality law which Congress fastened upon him two years ago, Mr. Roosevelt this year sought primarily to remove his obligation to declare an embargo on "implements of war" for belligerents. The revised Neutrality act offered in the House last month by New York's prognathous Sol Bloom was drawn with this in view, and all seemed set for its passage...
...Bloom will do exactly as Daddy tells him to," pouted Miss Bankhead a bit tactlessly. "Anyway, we actors shouldn't be punished for what Sol Bloom does...
...replied Uncle John, "I don't think I will.' These city fellows in Congress never vote to do anything for the farmers. Sol Bloom [Representative from Manhattan] and that whole crowd always vote against the farm bills...
Neutrality promised to delay adjournment more than any other subject, and in this fight Filibusterer Pittman. chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, was cast for another leading role. Last fortnight the House received from acting chairman Sol Bloom of the Foreign Affairs Committee, prognathous hero of the reception to King George & Queen Elizabeth, a bill drafted in accordance with Franklin Roosevelt's and Cordell Hull's desire for a free hand in case of war abroad. Under it, embargoes of war material would no longer be mandatory. The President would have broad discretion to regulate U. S. exports...
Only one striking reaction came from the 300 Congressmen who came, listened and departed. It was provided by Manhattan's Representative Sol Bloom (who attended with Mrs. Bloom and Daughter Vera). Promoted to the important Foreign Relations Committee by his ex-colleague, New Deal purge victim John O'Connor, Sol Bloom has spent much of his time selling George Washington to the American people. But this time, after eating his way through an evening of Roosevelt-hating speeches, Sol got up to sell FDR to the folks. One lone, small boo came from the audience, but it found...